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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: have obeyed you; and what if I obey you now, and send the man
to win himself immortal fame? I have not harmed you, or him.
One thing at least I know, that he will go, and that gladly;
for he has a hero's heart within him, loving glory, and
scorning to break the word which he has given.'
Jason saw that he was entrapped; but his second promise to
Cheiron came into his mind, and he thought, 'What if the
Centaur were a prophet in that also, and meant that I should
win the fleece!' Then he cried aloud -
'You have well spoken, cunning uncle of mine! I love glory,
and I dare keep to my word. I will go and fetch this golden
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