The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: enter the personal service of the Emperor of Russia, in the
corps of the couriers of the Czar. The hardy, intelligent,
zealous, well-conducted young Siberian first distinguished
himself especially, in a journey to the Caucasus, through
the midst of a difficult country, ravaged by some restless
successors of Schamyl; then later, in an important mission
to Petropolowski, in Kamtschatka, the extreme limit of
Asiatic Russia. During these long journeys he displayed
such marvelous coolness, prudence, and courage, as to gain
him the approbation and protection of his chiefs, who
rapidly advanced him in his profession.
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