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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: 'That is no way to speak of your uncle, sir,' cried Joseph. 'I
will not endure this disrespect. You are a pair of exceedingly
forward, impudent, and ignorant young men, and I have quite made
up my mind to put an end to the whole business.'.
'O skittles!' said the graceful John.
But Morris was not so easy in his mind. This unusual act of
insubordination had already troubled him; and these mutinous
words now sounded ominously in his ears. He looked at the old
gentleman uneasily. Upon one occasion, many years before, when
Joseph was delivering a lecture, the audience had revolted in a
body; finding their entertainer somewhat dry, they had taken the
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