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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: was armed only with the knife. When he was fourteen,
Michael Strogoff had killed his first bear, quite alone -- that
was nothing; but after stripping it he dragged the gigantic
animal's skin to his father's house, many versts distant, ex-
hibiting remarkable strength in a boy so young.
This style of life was of great benefit to him, and when
he arrived at manhood he could bear any amount of cold,
heat, hunger, thirst, or fatigue. Like the Yakout of the
northern countries, he was made of iron. He could go
four-and-twenty hours without eating, ten nights without
sleeping, and could make himself a shelter in the open
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