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: ashamed.
In one particular the spelling of Samoan words has been altered;
and the characteristic nasal N of the language written throughout
NG instead of G. Thus I put Pango-Pango, instead of Pago-Pago; the
sound being that of soft NG in English, as in SINGER, not as in
FINGER.
R. L. S.
VAILIMA,
UPOLU,
SAMOA.
EIGHT YEARS OF TROUBLE IN SAMOA
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