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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: glimmer illuminated part of a white sign above the
depot. That which remained invisible was evidently
the name of the town. That which was revealed was
the supplementary information which the Southern
Pacific furnishes to its patrons. It read: "Elevation
482 feet." We were definitely out of the mountains.
XXII
THE LURE OF THE TRAIL
The trail's call depends not at all on your
common sense. You know you are a fool for
answering it; and yet you go. The comforts of
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