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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: another grim encounter.
But his companion waved his hand reassur-
ingly. "Oh, I'm not goin' t' die yit! There too
much dependin' on me fer me t' die yit. No, sir!
Nary die! I CAN'T! Ye'd oughta see th' swad
a' chil'ren I've got, an' all like that."
The youth glancing at his companion could
see by the shadow of a smile that he was making
some kind of fun.
As they plodded on the tattered soldier con-
tinued to talk. "Besides, if I died, I wouldn't
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