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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the name of a soldier commanded him to advance. The
officer then recited the nature of the heroic act which had
won the approval of the jeddak, and the latter advanced
and placed a metal ornament upon the left arm of the
lucky man.
Ten men had been so decorated when the aide called out,
"John Carter, air scout!"
Never in my life had I been so surprised, but the habit
of military discipline is strong within me, and I dropped
my little machine lightly to the ground and advanced on
foot as I had seen the others do. As I halted before the
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