First person point of view is mostly talking about yourself, meanwhile in a story there will be a lot of I's. Like, "I love the game." "I like candy." First person point of view is yourself.
The phrase, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind, was intended to convey a respect for what mankind thinks. Opinions are biases indulged by mankind inside their thought-matrices. Mankind is the species known as Homo Sapiens Sapiens.
The verb phrase is "will go." I hope this helps
The name of the novel is Cujo.