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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: replied to what had been said.
"Thane of Menteith," he said, "you have well spoken; nor is there
one of us in whose bosom the same sentiments do not burn like
fire. But it is not strength alone that wins the fight; it is
the head of the commander, as well as the arm of the soldier,
that brings victory. I ask of you who is to raise and sustain
the banner under which we are invited to rise and muster
ourselves? Will it be expected that we should risk our children,
and the flower of our kinsmen, ere we know to whose guidance they
are to be intrusted? This were leading those to slaughter, whom,
by the laws of God and man, it is our duty to protect. Where is
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