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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: Rezanov shrugged his shoulders. "Give the corn
to the natives. It is farinaceous at all events. And
you can have nothing to say against the flour I
have brought, and the peas, beans, tallow, butter,
barley, salt, and salted meats--in all to the value of
twenty-four thousand Spanish dollars."
The Chief-Manager's head nodded with the vigor
and rapidity of a mechanical toy. "It is a God-send,
a God-send. If you did no more than that you would
have earned our everlasting gratitude. It will make
us over, give us renewed courage in this cursed ex-
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