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Knights and Squires

           Butitwasnotinreasonablenaturethatamansoorganized,andwithsuchterribleexperiencesandremembrancesashehad;itwasnotinnaturethatthesethingsshouldfailinlatentlyengenderinganelementinhim,which,undersuitablecircumstances,wouldbreakoutfromitsconfinement,andburnallhiscourageup.Andbraveashemightbe,itwasthatsortofbraverychiefly,visibleinsomeintrepidmen,which,whilegenerallyabidingfirmintheconflictwithseas,orwinds,orwhales,oranyoftheordinaryirrationalhorrorsoftheworld,yetcannotwithstandthosemoreterrific,becausemorespiritualterrors,whichsometimesmenaceyoufromtheconcentratingbrowofanenragedandmightyman.

           Butwerethecomingnarrativetorevealinanyinstance,thecompleteabasementofpoorStarbuck’sfortitude,scarcemightIhavethehearttowriteit;butitisathingmostsorrowful,nayshocking,toexposethefallofvalorinthesoul.Menmayseemdetestableasjointstock-companiesandnations;knaves,fools,andmurdererstheremaybe;menmayhavemeanandmeagrefaces;but,man,intheideal,issonobleandsosparkling,suchagrandandglowingcreature,thatoveranyignominiousblemishinhimallhisfellowsshouldruntothrowtheircostliestrobes.Thatimmaculatemanlinesswefeelwithinourselves,sofarwithinus,thatitremainsintactthoughalltheoutercharacterseemgone;bleedswithkeenestanguishattheundrapedspectacleofavalor-ruinedman.Norcanpietyitself,atsuchashamefulsight,completelystifleherupbraidingsagainstthepermittingstars.ButthisaugustdignityItreatof,isnotthedignityofkingsandrobes,butthataboundingdignitywhichhasnorobedinvestiture.Thoushaltseeitshininginthearmthatwieldsapickordrivesaspike;thatdemocraticdignitywhich,onallhands,radiateswithoutendfromGod;Himself!ThegreatGodabsolute!Thecentreandcircumferenceofalldemocracy!Hisomnipresence,ourdivineequality!

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