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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: the edge and argue, rather than descend and beard the unknown
Cyclopean horror in its lair. Three dogs that were with the party
had barked furiously at first, but seemed cowed and reluctant
when near the glen. Someone telephoned the news to the Aylesbury
Transcript; but the editor, accustomed to wild tales from Dunwich,
did no more than concoct a humorous paragraph about it; an item
soon afterwards reproduced by the Associated Press.
That night
everyone went home, and every house and barn was barricaded as
stoutly as possible. Needless to say, no cattle were allowed to
remain in open pasturage. About two in the morning a frightful
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