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Chapter 9

           "And"and"ing,"withthe"d"and"g"pronouncedemphatically,hewentoverthousandsoftimes;andtohissurprisehenoticedthathewasbeginningtospeakcleanerandmorecorrectEnglishthantheofficersthemselvesandthegentleman-adventurersinthecabinwhohadfinancedtheexpedition. 

           Thecaptainwasafishy-eyedNorwegianwhosomehowhadfallenintopossessionofacompleteShakespeare,whichheneverread,andMartinhadwashedhisclothesforhimandinreturnbeenpermittedaccesstothepreciousvolumes. Foratime,sosteepedwasheintheplaysandinthemanyfavoritepassagesthatimpressedthemselvesalmostwithouteffortonhisbrain,thatalltheworldseemedtoshapeitselfintoformsofElizabethantragedyorcomedyandhisverythoughtswereinblankverse. IttrainedhisearandgavehimafineappreciationfornobleEnglish; withalitintroducedintohismindmuchthatwasarchaicandobsolete. 

           Theeightmonthshadbeenwellspent,and,inadditiontowhathehadlearnedofrightspeakingandhighthinking,hehadlearnedmuchofhimself. Alongwithhishumblenessbecauseheknewsolittle,therearoseaconvictionofpower. Hefeltasharpgradationbetweenhimselfandhisshipmates,andwaswiseenoughtorealizethatthedifferencelayinpotentialityratherthanachievement. Whathecoulddo,theycoulddo; butwithinhimhefeltaconfusedfermentworkingthattoldhimtherewasmoreinhimthanhehaddone. Hewastorturedbytheexquisitebeautyoftheworld,andwishedthatRuthweretheretoshareitwithhim. HedecidedthathewoulddescribetohermanyofthebitsofSouthSeabeauty. ThecreativespiritinhimflamedupatthethoughtandurgedthatherecreatethisbeautyforawideraudiencethanRuth. 

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