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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: a Jew meets with his?''
``Savage warrior,'' said Rebecca, ``rather will I
perish in the flames than accept safety from thee!''
``Thou shalt not choose, Rebecca---once didst
thou foil me, but never mortal did so twice.''
So saying, he seized on the terrified maiden,
who filled the air with her shrieks, and bore her
out of the room in his arms in spite of her cries,
and without regarding the menaces and defiance
which Ivanhoe thundered against him. ``Hound
of the Temple---stain to thine Order---set free the
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