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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: and the galley drew closer and closer to that jagged rock whose
granite pinnacles clawed fantastically at the dull sky. The sides
of the rock were very steep; but on ledges here and there could
be seen the bulging walls of queer windowless dwellings, and the
low railings guarding travelled highroads. No ship of men had
ever come so near the place, or at least, had never come so near
and departed again; but Carter and the ghouls were void of fear
and kept inflexibly on, rounding the eastern face of the rock
and seeking the wharves which the rescued trio described as being
on the southern side within a harbour formed of steep headlands.
The headlands were prolongations of the island proper, and came
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