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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: evidence of chivalry and honor.
"Deep in the soul of every man," said Tarzan, "must
lurk the germ of righteousness. It was your own
virtue, Jane, rather even than your helplessness which
awakened for an instant the latent decency of this
degraded man. In that one act he retrieved himself,
and when he is called to face his Maker may it outweigh
in the balance, all the sins he has committed."
And Jane Clayton breathed a fervent, "Amen!"
Months had passed. The labor of the Waziri and the
gold of Opar had rebuilt and refurnished the wasted
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