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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: but he was a jolly-looking fellow, and the other men made way for him.
He looked me all over, as if he had been going to buy me;
and then straightening himself up with a grunt, he said,
"He's the right sort for you, Jerry; I don't care what you gave for him,
he'll be worth it." Thus my character was established on the stand.
This man's name was Grant, but he was called "Gray Grant",
or "Governor Grant". He had been the longest on that stand
of any of the men, and he took it upon himself to settle matters
and stop disputes. He was generally a good-humored, sensible man;
but if his temper was a little out, as it was sometimes
when he had drunk too much, nobody liked to come too near his fist,
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