Моби Дик

The Specksynder

           Nor,perhaps,willitfailtobeeventuallyperceived,thatbehindthoseformsandusages,asitwere,hesometimesmaskedhimself;incidentallymakinguseofthemforotherandmoreprivateendsthantheywerelegitimatelyintendedtosubserve.Thatcertainsultanismofhisbrain,whichhadotherwiseinagooddegreeremainedunmanifested;throughthoseformsthatsamesultanismbecameincarnateinanirresistibledictatorship.Forbeaman’sintellectualsuperioritywhatitwill,itcanneverassumethepractical,availablesupremacyoverothermen,withouttheaidofsomesortofexternalartsandentrenchments,always,inthemselves,moreorlesspaltryandbase.Thisitis,thatforeverkeepsGod’strueprincesoftheEmpirefromtheworld’shustings;andleavesthehighesthonorsthatthisaircangive,tothosemenwhobecomefamousmorethroughtheirinfiniteinferioritytothechoicehiddenhandfuloftheDivineInert,thanthroughtheirundoubtedsuperiorityoverthedeadlevelofthemass.Suchlargevirtuelurksinthesesmallthingswhenextremepoliticalsuperstitionsinvestthem,thatinsomeroyalinstanceseventoidiotimbecilitytheyhaveimpartedpotency.Butwhen,asinthecaseofNicholastheCzar,theringedcrownofgeographicalempireencirclesanimperialbrain;then,theplebeianherdscrouchabasedbeforethetremendouscentralization.Nor,willthetragicdramatistwhowoulddepictmortalindomitablenessinitsfullestsweepanddirectswing,everforgetahint,incidentallysoimportantinhisart,astheonenowalludedto

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