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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: Gascoyne shrugged his shoulders. "So be it," said he. "An thou
hast appetite to run thy head against hard knocks, do it i'
mercy's name! I for one will stand thee back while thou art
taking thy raps."
There was a spirit of drollery in Gascoyne's speech that rubbed
against Myles's earnestness.
"Out upon it!" cried he, his patience giving way. "Seest not that
I am in serious earnest? Why then dost thou still jest like Mad
Noll, my Lord's fool? An thou wilt not lend me thine aid in this
matter, say so and ha' done with it, and I will bethink me of
somewhere else to turn."
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