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The other, compact,
broad and sturdy of limb, seemed extremely full of sound organs
functioning vigorously all the time in order to keep up the brilliance of
his colouring, the light curl of his coal-black hair and the lustre of
his eyes, which asserted themselves roundly in an open, manly face.
Between two such organisms one would not have expected to find the
slightest temperamental accord. But I have observed that profane men
living in ships like the holy men gathered together in monasteries
develop traits of profound resemblance. This must be because the service
of the sea and the service of a temple are both detached from the
vanities and errors of a world which follows no severe rule. The men of
the sea understand each other very well in their view of earthly things,
for simplicity is a good counsellor and isolation not a bad educator. A
turn of mind composed of innocence and scepticism is common to them all,
with the addition of an unexpected insight into motives, as of
disinterested lookers-on at a game. Mr. Powell took me aside to say,
"I like the things he says.


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