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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: two. The train bearing the wounded had already come in and the
litter bearers were working swiftly in the hot sun, transferring
wounded into ambulances and covered ordnance wagons. Scarlett had
no qualm of conscience as she watched them but only a feeling of
vast relief that she had made her escape.
"I'm just sick and tired of that old hospital," she said, settling
her billowing skirts and tying her bonnet bow more firmly under her
chin. "And every day more and more wounded come in. It's all
General Johnston's fault. If he'd just stood up to the Yankees at
Dalton, they'd have--"
"But he did stand up to the Yankees, you ignorant child. And if
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