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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: splendid discovery of the Martians which permits them to navigate
the thin atmosphere of their planet in huge ships that dwarf the
dreadnoughts of our earthly navies into pitiful significance.
The craft swayed slightly but she did not move. Then a
new cry of warning broke upon our ears. Turning, I saw a
dozen black pirates dashing toward us from the melee. We
had been discovered. With shrieks of rage the demons
sprang for us. With frenzied insistence I continued to press
the little button which should have sent us racing out into
space, but still the vessel refused to budge. Then it came to
me--the reason that she would not rise.
The Gods of Mars | 
