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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: either in the army or the navy.
"The chances are small that your tale will be believed
until after you have proven your trustworthiness and won
friends among the higher nobles of the court. This you can
most easily do through military service, as we are a warlike
people on Barsoom," explained one of them, "and save our
richest favors for the fighting man."
When I was ready to depart they furnished me with a
small domestic bull thoat, such as is used for saddle
purposes by all red Martians. The animal is about the size
of a horse and quite gentle, but in color and shape an exact
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