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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: quarry must be within; but how was he to find him among
so many huts? Tarzan, although cognizant of his mighty
powers, realized also his limitations. He knew that he
could not successfully cope with great numbers in open
battle. He must resort to the stealth and trickery of
the wild beast, if he were to succeed.
Sitting in the safety of his tree, munching upon the
leg bone of Horta, the boar, Tarzan waited a favorable
opportunity to enter the village. For awhile he gnawed
at the bulging, round ends of the large bone,
splintering off small pieces between his strong jaws,
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