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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: "Yes," replied the engineer, "but the distance which separates us from it
is more than twelve hundred miles."
"And that way?" asked Neb, who followed the conversation with extreme
interest, pointing to the south.
"That way, nothing," replied Pencroft.
"Nothing, indeed," added the engineer.
"Well, Cyrus," asked the reporter, "if Lincoln Island is not more than
two or three thousand miles from New Zealand or Chile?"
"Well," replied the engineer, "instead of building a house we will build
a boat, and Master Pencroft shall be put in command--"
"Well then," cried the sailor, "I am quite ready to be captain--as soon
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