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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: and last time in his life, waxed eloquent, and set forth the glory
of the enterprise, the service to the queen, the salvation of
heathens, and the certainty that, if successful, they should win
honor and wealth and everlasting fame, beyond that of Cortez or
Pizarro, till the men, sulky at first, warmed every moment; and one
old Pelican broke out with--
"Yes, sir! we didn't go round the world with you for naught; and
watched your works and ways, which was always those of a gentleman,
as you are--who spoke a word for a poor fellow when he was in a
scrape, and saw all you ought to see, and naught that you ought
not. And we'll follow you, sir, all alone to ourselves; and let
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