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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: Where once the dark forest shaded the land, see the cabins, the farms, the
horses, the cattle! Field on field of waving, golden grain shine there under
your eyes. The earth has blossomed abundance. Idling and fighting made not
these rich harvests. Belief made love; love made wise eyes; wise eyes saw, and
lo! there came plenty.
"The proof of love is happiness. These Christian Indians are happy. They are
at peace with the redman and the paleface. They till the fields and work in
the shops. In days to come cabins and farms and fields of corn will be theirs.
They will bring up their children, not to hide in the forest to slay, but to
walk hand in hand with the palefaces as equals.
"Oh, open your ears! God speaks to you; peace awaits you! Cast the bitterness
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