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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: ain't in your line, an' it's about time you know it. Get wise, Bill; get wise.
Slow an' certain's the only hand you can play; so go to it, an' keep to it,
too."
As the cross-cuts decreased, showing that the sides of the "V" were
converging, the depth of the " V " increased. The gold-trace was dipping into
the hill. It was only at thirty inches beneath the surface that he could get
colors in his pan. The dirt he found at twenty-five inches from the surface,
and at thirty-five inches, yielded barren pans. At the base of the "V," by the
water's edge, he had found the gold colors at the grass roots. The higher he
went up the hill, the deeper the gold dipped.
To dig a hole three feet deep in order to get one test-pan was a task of no
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