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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: would be perseverance!
At Santa Maria de la Concepcion a solitary large canoe
crowded with Indians was rowing toward us. One of the
San Salvador young men aboard us fancied some slight,
experienced some fear, or may even,--who knows?--have
wearied of the gods. Springing upon the rail he threw
himself into sea and made off with great strokes toward the
canoe. Pedro behind him shouted ``Escape!'' There was
a rush to the side to observe. Fernando bawled, ``Come
back! or we'll let fly an arrow.
He swam, the dark, naked fellow, like a fish. Reaching
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