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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: in the last night. A terrible set calm was on him. Woe to the man
who came across him that day!
"There are three of them, you see, my masters," said he, as the
crew came on deck again. "A big ship forward, and two galleys
astern of her. The big ship may keep; she is a race ship, and if
we can but recover the wind of her, we will see whether our height
is not a match for her length. We must give her the slip, and take
the galleys first."
"I thank the Lord," said Yeo, "who has given so wise a heart to so
young a general; a very David and Daniel, saving his presence,
lads; and if any dare not follow him, let him be as the men of
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