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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: "Mr. Jolivet," replied the Englishman, "this joking is
going too far, it passes all limits and --"
"Now do be quiet, my dear sir. When you are done
up, I will take your place; and call me a broken-winded
snail and faint-hearted tortoise if I don't take you over the
ground at a rattling pace."
Alcide said all this with such perfect good-humor that
Michael could not help smiling. "Gentlemen," said he,
"here is a better plan. We have now reached the highest
ridge of the Ural chain, and thus have merely to descend
the slopes of the mountain. My carriage is close by, only
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