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           Formypart,Iabominateallhonorablerespectabletoils,trials,andtribulationsofeverykindwhatsoever. ItisquiteasmuchasIcandototakecareofmyself,withouttakingcareofships,barques,brigs,schooners,andwhatnot. AndasforgoingascookthoughIconfessthereisconsiderablegloryinthat,acookbeingasortofofficeronship-boardyet,somehow,Ineverfanciedbroilingfowls; thoughoncebroiled,judiciouslybuttered,andjudgmaticallysaltedandpeppered,thereisnoonewhowillspeakmorerespectfully,nottosayreverentially,ofabroiledfowlthanIwill. ItisoutoftheidolatrousdotingsoftheoldEgyptiansuponbroiledibisandroastedriverhorse,thatyouseethemummiesofthosecreaturesintheirhugebakehousesthepyramids. 

           No,whenIgotosea,Igoasasimplesailor,rightbeforethemast,plumbdownintothefore-castle,alofttheretotheroyalmast-head. True,theyratherordermeaboutsome,andmakemejumpfromspartospar,likeagrasshopperinaMaymeadow. Andatfirst,thissortofthingisunpleasantenough. Ittouchesone’ssenseofhonor,particularlyifyoucomeofanoldestablishedfamilyintheland,theVanRensselaers,orRandolphs,orHardicanutes. Andmorethanall,ifjustprevioustoputtingyourhandintothetar-pot,youhavebeenlordingitasacountryschoolmaster,makingthetallestboysstandinaweofyou. Thetransitionisakeenone,Iassureyou,fromaschoolmastertoasailor,andrequiresastrongdecoctionofSenecaandtheStoicstoenableyoutogrinandbearit. Buteventhiswearsoffintime. 

           Whatofit,ifsomeoldhunksofasea-captainordersmetogetabroomandsweepdownthedecks? Whatdoesthatindignityamountto,weighed,Imean,inthescalesoftheNewTestament? DoyouthinkthearchangelGabrielthinksanythingthelessofme,becauseIpromptlyandrespectfullyobeythatoldhunksinthatparticularinstance? Whoain’taslave?Tellmethat. 

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