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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: steps were solemnly retracted. The Germans expressly disowned
Tamasese; and the islands fell into a period of suspense, of some
twelve months' duration, during which the seat of the history was
transferred to other countries and escapes my purview. Here on the
spot, I select three incidents: the arrival on the scene of a new
actor, the visit of the Hawaiian embassy, and the riot on the
Emperor's birthday. The rest shall be silence; only it must be
borne in view that Tamasese all the while continued to strengthen
himself in Leulumoenga, and Laupepa sat inactive listening to the
song of consuls.
CAPTAIN BRANDEIS. The new actor was Brandeis, a Bavarian captain
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