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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: strict orders to help Germany. Commander Leary, of the ADAMS, the
American captain, when he arrived, on the 16th October, and for
some time after, seemed devoted to the German interest, and spent
his days with a German officer, Captain Von Widersheim, who was
deservedly beloved by all who knew him. There remains the American
consul-general, Harold Marsh Sewall, a young man of high spirit and
a generous disposition. He had obeyed the orders of his government
with a grudge; and looked back on his past action with regret
almost to be called repentance. From the moment of the declaration
of war against Laupepa, we find him standing forth in bold,
consistent, and sometimes rather captious opposition, stirring up
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