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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: and was immediately surrounded by their boats. It chanced that
Brandeis was on board. Word of it had gone abroad, and the boats
as they approached demanded him with threats. The late premier,
alone, entirely unarmed, and a prey to natural and painful
feelings, concealed himself below. The captain of the schooner
remained on deck, pointed to the German colours, and defied
approaching boats. Again the prestige of a great Power triumphed;
the Samoans fell back before the bunting; the schooner worked out
of the bay; Brandeis escaped. He himself apprehended the worst if
he fell into Samoan hands; it is my diffident impression that his
life would have been safe.
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