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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: than a few hours at most to break the jam. The breast of it went
out with a rush. More slowly the wings sucked in. Reluctantly the
mass floating on the surface for miles up stream stirred, silently
moved forward. For a few minutes it was necessary to watch
carefully until the flow onward steadied itself, until the
congestion had spaced and ordered as before. Then the men moved
back to their posts; the drive was resumed. At night the river was
necessarily left to its own devices. Rivermen, with the touch of
superstition inseparably connected with such affairs, believe
implicitly that "logs run free at night." Certainly, though it
might be expected that each morning would reveal a big jam to break,
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