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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: "What's my luck?" said the Virginian, sternly.
"Well, if I had took up land along a creek that never goes dry
and proved upon it like you have, and if I had saw that land
raise its value on me with me lifting no finger--"
"Why did you lift no finger?" cut in the Virginian. "Who stopped
yu' taking up land? Did it not stretch in front of yu', behind
yu', all around yu', the biggest, baldest opportunity in sight?
That was the time I lifted my finger; but yu' didn't."
Shorty stood stubborn.
"But never mind that," said the Virginian. "Take my land away
to-morrow, and I'd still have my savings in bank. Because, you
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