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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: shaking loose his friend's hold; "I tell thee he shall fight me!"
From that moment Blunt began to lose his head. No doubt he had
not thought of such a serious fight as this when he had given his
challenge, and there was a savage bull-dog tenacity about Myles
that could not but have had a somewhat demoralizing effect upon
him.
A few blows were given and taken, and then Myles's friends gave a
shout. Blunt drew back, and placed his hand to his shoulder. When
he drew it away again it was stained with red, and another red
stain grew and spread rapidly down the sleeve of his jacket. He
stared at his hand for a moment with a half-dazed look, and then
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