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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: men should throng to hear the lungs of an idle player belch forth
nonsensical bombast, instead of bestowing their pence in
encouraging the bravest image of war that can be shown in peace,
and that is the sports of the Bear-garden. There you may see the
bear lying at guard, with his red, pinky eyes watching the onset
of the mastiff, like a wily captain who maintains his defence
that an assailant may be tempted to venture within his danger.
And then comes Sir Mastiff, like a worthy champion, in full
career at the throat of his adversary; and then shall Sir Bruin
teach him the reward for those who, in their over-courage,
neglect the policies of war, and, catching him in his arms,
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