The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: day and the moons and stars by night. At any rate no waterway
was in sight, and the entire party was almost ready to
drop from hunger, thirst and fatigue. Far ahead of us and
a trifle to the right we could distinguish the outlines of low
mountains. These we decided to attempt to reach in the hope
that from some ridge we might discern the missing waterway.
Night fell upon us before we reached our goal, and, almost
fainting from weariness and weakness, we lay down and slept.
I was awakened early in the morning by some huge body
pressing close to mine, and opening my eyes with a start I
beheld my blessed old Woola snuggling close to me; the faithful
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