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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: further than that, if I don't mistake."
"Yes, indeed, Mr. Starr. That was where our picks tore out the last
bit of coal in the seam. I remember it as if it were yesterday.
I myself gave that last blow, and it re-echoed in my heart more
dismally than on the rock. Only sandstone and schist were round
us after that, and when the truck rolled towards the shaft,
I followed, with my heart as full as though it were a funeral.
It seemed to me that the soul of the mine was going with it."
The gravity with which the old man uttered these words impressed
the engineer, who was not far from sharing his sentiments.
They were those of the sailor who leaves his disabled vessel--
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