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The Mast-Head

           AndthattheEgyptianswereanationofmast-headstanders,isanassertionbaseduponthegeneralbeliefamongarchaeologists,thatthefirstpyramidswerefoundedforastronomicalpurposes:atheorysingularlysupportedbythepeculiarstairlikeformationofallfoursidesofthoseedifices;whereby,withprodigiouslongupliftingsoftheirlegs,thoseoldastronomerswerewonttomounttotheapex,andsingoutfornewstars;evenasthelook-outsofamodernshipsingoutforasail,orawhalejustbearinginsight.InSaintStylites,thefamousChristianhermitofoldtimes,whobuilthimaloftystonepillarinthedesertandspentthewholelatterportionofhislifeonitssummit,hoistinghisfoodfromthegroundwithatackle;inhimwehavearemarkableinstanceofadauntlessstander-of-mast-heads;whowasnottobedrivenfromhisplacebyfogsorfrosts,rain,hail,orsleet;butvaliantlyfacingeverythingouttothelast,literallydiedathispost.Ofmodernstanders-of-mast-headswehavebutalifelessset;merestone,iron,andbronzemen;who,thoughwellcapableoffacingoutastiffgale,arestillentirelyincompetenttothebusinessofsingingoutupondiscoveringanystrangesight.ThereisNapoleon;who,uponthetopofthecolumnofVendomestandswitharmsfolded,someonehundredandfiftyfeetintheair;careless,now,whorulesthedecksbelow,whetherLouisPhilippe,LouisBlanc,orLouistheDevil.

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