| The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The War in the Air by H. G. Wells: distant waterfalls very steadfastly.  He went up and saluted,
soldier-fashion.  "Beg pardon, lieutenant," he said.
 Kurt turned his face.  It was unusually grave that morning.  "I
was just thinking I would like to see that waterfall closer," he
said.  "It reminds me--what do you want?"
 "I can't make 'ead or tail of what they're saying, sir.  Would
you mind telling me the news?"
 "Damn the news," said Kurt.  "You'll get news enough before the
day's out.  It's the end of the world.  They're sending the Graf
Zeppelin for us.  She'll be here by the morning, and we ought to
be at Niagara--or eternal smash--within eight and forty hours....
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