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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Montrose in vain endeavoured to place the subject in a different
view; this was the point in which Angus was determined to regard
it, and he was a man of that calibre of understanding, who is
incapable of being convinced when he has once adopted a
prejudice. Montrose now assumed a higher tone, and called upon
Angus to take care how he nourished any sentiments which might be
prejudicial to his Majesty's service. He pointed out to him,
that he was peculiarly desirous that Allan's efforts should not
be interrupted in the course of his present mission; "a mission,"
he said, "highly honourable for himself, and likely to prove most
advantageous to the King's cause. He expected his brother would
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