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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: son, is the map of thy fortunes, brilliant in aspect as ever
beamed from those blessed signs whereby our life is influenced,
yet not unchequered with fears, difficulties, and dangers."
"My lot were more than mortal were it otherwise," said the Earl.
"Proceed, father, and believe you speak with one ready to undergo
his destiny in action and in passion as may beseem a noble of
England."
"Thy courage to do and to suffer must be wound up yet a strain
higher," said the old man. "The stars intimate yet a prouder
title, yet an higher rank. It is for thee to guess their
meaning, not for me to name it."
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