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[sputnikcentury]

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[Customhouses.]

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[conduit-of-grace]

“What amazes you seems quite natural to me: God has sought you out right in the midst of your work.

That is how he sought the first, Peter and Andrew, John and James, beside their nets, and Matthew, sitting in the customhouse. 

And - wonder of wonders - Paul, in his eagerness to destroy the seeds of Christianity!” 

- St. Josemaria Escriva, “Winning New Apostles” from The Way, #799

[john-laurens]

The year and a half that followed Müller's departure from the Tronchin family was determined by his friendship and his life with the young American Francis Kinloch. The then twenty-year-old youth came from a family that emigrated from Scotland to North America during the Stuart reign and was wealthy in Charlestown in Carolina, where Francis' mother and siblings still lived. On the advice of his guardian, the former English governor of Carolina, Thomas Boone, who later became director of the Customhouse in London, he went to Europe at the age of 13 to receive his education there and one day in England to be able to enter government service. For a year and a half he had been living in Geneva, where he soon became popular with everyone through his eager pursuit of perfection, his modesty and amiability. The news that was just then reaching Europe by sea of ​​the beginning of unrest in the English colonies of North America aroused increased interest in Geneva for the Son of the West. Müller got to know him in Bonnet's hospitable house, and the noble couple at Genthod were heartily pleased that the two young men had bonded so quickly and intimately with each other. They were soon treated like sons of the house - "good day, my children, love your parents of Genthod as they love you," wrote Madame Bonnet to them. By the end of 1774, they were already meeting four or five times a week to read together. Tacitus, Montesquieu and Pope initially occupied them. Müller attached particular importance to this acquaintance because he was able to practice the English language. Kinloch undertook real speaking exercises with him. Müller praised his new friend's fiery, sharp mind, his extraordinary curiosity, his natural and engaging politeness that endeared him to men and women. "He is the noblest, kindest and most virtuous youth; even his faults are amiable". Kinloch had explained to him that it would take at least years of observation before he would call an acquaintance a friend; but after a short time he addressed his letters to Müller, "to the beloved of my heart".

From Johannes von Müller, 1752-1809, Volume 1 by Karl Henking

The original text was in German/French and was translated with Google Translate.

Die auf den Austritt Müllers aus dem Hause Tronchin folgenden anderthalb Jahre sind bestimmt durch seine Freundschaft und sein Zusammenleben mit dem jungen Amerikaner Francis Kinloch. Der damals zwanzigjährige Jüngling entstammte einer zur Zeit der Stuartschen Herrschaft aus Schottland nach Nordamerika ausgewanderten Familie, die in Charlestown in Carolina, wo noch die Mutter und Geschwister von Francis lebten, reich begütert war. Er selbst hatte sich auf den Rat seines Vormundes, des früheren englischen Gouverneurs von Carolina, Thomas Boone, der später Direktor des Customhouse in London wurde, schon im Alter von 13 Jahren nach Europa begeben, um dort seine Ausbildung zu erhalten und dereinst in den englischen Staatsdienst eintreten zu können; seit anderthalb Jahren lebte er in Genf, wo er durch sein eifriges Streben nach Vervollkommnung, durch seine Bescheidenheit und Liebenswürdigkeit sich bald allgemein beliebt gemacht hatte; die gerade damals über das Meer nach Europa gelangenden Nachrichten von den beginnenden Unruhen in den englischen Kolonien Nordamerikas erweckten in Genf für den Sohn des Westens ein erhöhtes Interesse. Müller lernte ihn im gastlichen Hause Bonnets kennen, und das edle Ehepaar zu Genthod freute sich herzlich, daß die beiden jungen Männer sich so rasch und innig aneinander schlossen; bald wurden sie wie Söhne des Hauses behandelt -,,bon jour, mes enfans, aimés vos parents de Genthod comme ils vous aiment," schrieb ihnen Madame Bonnet. Schon zu Ende des Jahres 1774 trafen sie sich wöchentlich vier- bis fünfmal zu gemeinsamer Lektüre; Tacitus, Montesquieu und Pope beschäftigten sie zunächst; Müller legte besonderen Wert auf diese Bekanntschaft, weil er sich in der englischen Sprache üben konnte; Kinloch hat regelrechte Sprechübungen mit ihm vorgenommen. Müller rühmt an seinem neuen Freunde den feurigen, scharfsinnigen Geist, die außerordentliche Wißbegier, die natürliche und einnehmende Höflichkeit, die ihn bei Männern und Frauen beliebt mache; er ist der edelste, freundlichste und tugendhafteste Jüngling; selbst seine Fehler sind liebenswürdig". Kinloch hatte ihm zwar erklärt, daß es wenigstens einer jahrelangen Beobachtung brauche, bis er einen Bekannten als Freund bezeichne; aber schon nach kurzer Zeit adressierte er seine Briefe an Müller,,to the beloved of my heart".

[malachitezmeyka]

Me: *just sitting there, working on rebooting my brain so it's at least a little functioninal, trying hard not to brainrot about anything because I need to focus on my schoolwork*

My history teacher for literally no reason, considering I don't have a history lesson today nor would we be studying this if I did, throwing a fat stack of papers on my desk: Here, have a read :)

(In 1524 the revolting janissaries raided the Istanbul customhouse, the homes of vizier Ibrahim and other dignitaries. Sultan Suleyman personally killed several rioters, but was forced to yield, paying the rioters off. In the future, the janissaries, having realised their power, would say without fear – "Sultan Suleyman is old, it's time for him to rest. Mustafa, his son, is able to rule better, and if the Grand Vizier Rustem speaks out against it, we will have his head")

[aaronburrdaily]

October 9, 1809 (probably)

8, though I think it must be the 9th of October. Will ask some learned man in the course of the day. Couche at 1/2 p. 11. Rose at 8. Mr. Gogle, of Frankfort, a very pleasant, well-bred young man, lodges on the same floor with us; claims my acquaintance, and is extremely obliging. Sor. at 10 to find out Daily. Got his address. Wrote notes to Dr. Shulzen, to Gibson, and to Damm, inquiring for letters. Verbal answers that they have none. Our landlord is a bookbinder. Gave him all Bentham's small works and "Panoptique"¹ to bind. They had suffered, and were in danger of being abimed.² Yesterday opened your picture. It is in perfect order. Lüning's contrivance had secured it completely from the dust. Since opening it at [Stockholm] I have carried it the whole way (two hundred miles) on my lap. Indeed, Madame, you gènèd³ me not a little. You are now hung up in my room, so that I can talk with you. Poin. de afton.⁴ Walked to the harbour at 4. Met Daily, and also the captain with whom I came from Harwich. He seemed quite alarmed, and looked about, the few minutes I detained him, to make some inquiries, as if he was afraid of being seen. He has probably learned how dangerous, &c. The streets of the lower town full of drunken English sailors. Home at 6. Tea. Lüning came in at 7. His whole time seems to be employed in my concerns. He discovers my wants, and, without saying a word to me, makes them his own business. This afternoon he has procured me a traveling companion; a German gentleman, who speaks the Swedish, going to Copenhagen, and to set off on Tuesday, but will wait a day or two for me if requisite! He (Lüning) has also found Dutch ducats, for which I can exchange the small sum of Swedish paper I have on hand. On our arrival our passports were sent to the police for inspection as the law requires. They were brought back this morning. The bearer demanded 36 sch. each for his trouble. Apropos of passports: On our way from Stockholm at a town a sentinel, rather harsh looking, stopped us and demanded if we had passports. "Yes, sir," says Lüning, and presenting a silver plote⁵ the face of the sentinel relaxed into complacency. He thanked us with earnestness, and wished us a pleasant journey. At another time we were brought to by a customhouse officer. In every town they have a right to search your baggage for contraband goods. L., who is never at a loss, presented a 12 sch. bill, which satisfied the officer that we had nothing unlawful. Nordenshjöld and Damm called this afternoon; but from the gentleman to whom I sent letters not a word. N. and D. something cooler. There is something in the atmosphere which I have not yet discovered, and probably never shall.

1 The "Panoptique" or "Panopticon" was one of Bentham's works, published in 1791, perhaps better known as The Inspection House. It was a plan of making convicts useful. 2 Another hybrid perfect participle made from the French verb abîmer, to ruin. 3 A hybrid verb which we have already met, meaning bothered. 4 Probably for poindre de afton. The evening begins to break. The French might say La nuit commence à poindre, although this word is ordinarily used with reference to the dawn. The reader will mark that it is now October, and the night sets in very early. 5 For Swedish plåt, pronounced plote. A very thin old Swedish coin. One Swedish dictionary says: "Imaginary money nearly of 20 pence English," whatever that may mean.

[maximumtalewonderland]

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.

The declaration came 442 days after the first volleys of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts and marked an ideological expansion of the conflict that would eventually encourage France’s intervention on behalf of the Patriots.

The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. Under the banner of “no taxation without representation,” colonists convened the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 to vocalize their opposition to the tax.

With its enactment in November, most colonists called for a boycott of British goods, and some organized attacks on the customhouses and homes of tax collectors. After months of protest in the colonies, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766.

Why did the American Colonies declare independence?

Most colonists continued to quietly accept British rule until Parliament’s enactment of the Tea Act in 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade.

The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny. In response, militant Patriots in Massachusetts organized the “Boston Tea Party,” which saw British tea valued at some 18,000 pounds dumped into Boston Harbor.

The British Parliament, outraged by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops.

The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British.

With the other colonies watching intently, Massachusetts led the resistance to the British, forming a shadow revolutionary government and establishing militias to resist the increasing British military presence across the colony.

In April 1775, Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, ordered British troops to march to Concord, Massachusetts, where a Patriot arsenal was known to be located. On April 19, 1775, the British regulars encountered a group of American militiamen at Lexington, and the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

Initially, both the Americans and the British saw the conflict as a kind of civil war within the British Empire: To King George III it was a colonial rebellion, and to the Americans it was a struggle for their rights as British citizens.

However, Parliament remained unwilling to negotiate with the American rebels and instead purchased German mercenaries to help the British army crush the rebellion. In response to Britain’s continued opposition to reform, the Continental Congress began to pass measures abolishing British authority in the colonies.

How did the American Colonies declare independence?

In January 1776, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” an influential political pamphlet that convincingly argued for American independence and sold more than 500,000 copies in a few months. In the spring of 1776, support for independence swept the colonies, the Continental Congress called for states to form their own governments, and a five-man committee was assigned to draft a declaration.

The Declaration of Independence was largely the work of Virginian Thomas Jefferson. In justifying American independence, Jefferson drew generously from the political philosophy of John Locke, an advocate of natural rights, and from the work of other English theorists.

The first section features the famous lines, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The second part presents a long list of grievances that provided the rationale for rebellion.

When did American colonies declare independence?

On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to approve a Virginia motion calling for separation from Britain. The dramatic words of this resolution were added to the closing of the Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4, the declaration was formally adopted by 12 colonies after minor revision. New York approved it on July 19. On August 2, the declaration was signed.

The Revolutionary War would last for five more years. Yet to come were the Patriot triumphs at Saratoga, the bitter winter at Valley Forge, the intervention of the French, and the final victory at Yorktown in 1781. In 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris with Britain, the United States formally became a free and independent nation.

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'Lewis Williams, Tidesman and Boatman at Holyhead on the 24th of April 1761, as he was going out of the Customhouse on his duty, was met by a Boar, which Bit him in his knee [...]' (TNA CUST 78/2)

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Commentary on the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St. Mark – Chapter 2

St. Mark, the disciple and interpreter of St. Peter (as noted by St. Jerome.) according to what he heard from St. Peter himself, wrote at Rome a brief Gospel at the request of the Brethren (fellow Christians), about ten years after our Lord's Ascension; which when St. Peter had heard, he approved of it, and with his authority he published it to the Church to be read. Baronius and others maintain, that the original was written in Latin: but the more general opinion is that the Evangelist wrote it in Greek.

First, Christ restores health to the paralytic, both body and soul. Second (v. 14), He calls Matthew from his customhouse to follow Him. To the murmuring scribes He replies, “I came not to call the just, but sinners.” Third [v. 23], He explains to the Pharisees why His disciples do not fast, and He excuses them for trying to pluck ears of grain on the Sabbath to relieve their hunger.

And again he entered into Caphar-naum after some days.

2 And it was heard that he was in the house, and many came together, so that there was no room; no, not even at the door; and he spoke to them the word. 3 And they came to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, who was carried by four. 4 And when they could not offer him unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was; and opening it, they let down the bed wherein the man sick of the palsy lay. 5 And when Jesus had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy: Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. 6 And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts: 7 Why doth this man speak thus? He blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only? 8 Which Jesus presently knowing in his spirit, that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts? 9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk? 10 But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11 I say to thee: Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 12 And immediately he arose; and taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all; so that all wondered and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like. 13 And he went forth again to the sea side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them. 14 And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him. 16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners? 17 Jesus hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just, but sinners. 18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast; but thy disciples do not fast? 19 And Jesus saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them; and then they shall fast in those days. 21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing taketh away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the Sabbath, that his disciples began to go forward, and to pluck the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the Sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said to them: Have you never read what David did when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God, under Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition, which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him? 27 And he said to them: The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath also.

Commentary: Saint Mark - Chapter 2

Verse 1. And again he entered into Capharnaum after some days. A few manuscripts read “after eight days;” but the word “eight” is not found in the Greek, Latin, Arabic and other versions. Post dies, therefore, means after some days; for the number is not determined, so that we know not whether they were few or many.

Verse 2. And many came together, so that there was no room; no, not even at the door. The Greek is clearer: ὥστε µηκέτι χωρεῖν µηδὲ τὰ πρὸσ τὴν θύραν, i.e., so that not even the space around the door could hold them, that is, the vestibule of the house, or a little room, or perhaps even the flat area near the hold them.”

Verse 5. Son, thy sins are forgiven thee. Hear Bede, “When He is about to heal, He first forgives the man his sins, to show that he was suffering for his faults. For men are afflicted with bodily ills, either for the increase of merit, as Job and the martyrs; or for the preservation of humility, as Paul; or for the correction of sin, as the sister of Moses, and this paralytic; or for the glory of God, as the man who was born blind; or for a beginning of damnation, as Herod.”

Bede adds that this paralytic was carried by four bearers, to signify that a man in the faith of his soul is lifted up by four virtues to deserve soundness, namely, by prudence, fortitude, justice and temperance.

Verse 11. Arise, take up thy bed. This is a sort of bed about which I have spoken, along with others, at Matthew 9:6.

Verse 14. He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus, i.e., He saw Matthew, who by another name is called Levi before he was called by Christ, for after his vocation he is always called Matthew. Of Alphaeus, i.e., the son, as the Syriac expresses it. This Alphæus is a different person from the Alphæuswho was the husband of Mary of Cleophas, who was the father of James the Less and Jude (Matth. 10:3). Luke and Mark call Matthew Levi, out of regard for his good name, because this name of Levi was known but to few. But Matthew calls himself Matthew, to humiliate himself, and to profess openly that he was a sinner and a publican.

And rising up, he followed him, immediately leaving everything. Hence Bede saith, “He left his own possessions who was wont to seize those of others. He left also the accounts of his taxes unfinished and not reckoned, because the Lord had so inflamed him that he straightway followed Him who called him.”

Verse 26. Under Abiathar. You will object that 1 Kings 21:6 says that this was done under Ahimelech, the father of Abiathar. I answer, first, that Abiathar was even then the pontiff together with his father, because when his father was absent, or sick, or otherwise engaged, he discharged the high priest’s office; and he was shortly to succeed his father, at his death in the pontificate. Listen to Bede: That the Lord calls Abiathar the high priest instead of Ahimelech involves no discrepancy, for both were on the spot when David came and asked for and received the loaves. And when Ahimelech was slain by Saul, Abiathar fled to David, and became his companion through the whole of his exile. Afterward, when David was king, he received the rank of the high priesthood; and continuing in the pontificate during the whole of David’s reign, he became much more celebrated than his father, and so was more worthy to be called high priest by the Lord, even during his father’s lifetime.

Second, and better: It is clear from scripture that both father and son bore both names, and were called sometimes Abiathar, sometimes Ahimelech. This appears from 2 Kings 8:17, 1 Paralipomenon 18:6 and 24:6. Thus Jansen, Toletus, Salmeron, Franz Lucas, and others.

Verse 27. The Sabbath was made (Syriac, “created”) for man, and not man for the Sabbath. That is, the Sabbath was instituted for the benefit and convenience of man, so that man, by the rest of the Sabbath, might refresh and restore his body, fatigued by the continuous labor of six days of the week; and so that he might apply his mind to the things which concern his eternal salvation, such as hearing and meditating upon God’s law, His will, His benefits and majesty, whereby he might arouse himself to penance, thanksgiving and the love of God, so that he might be justified and sanctified. The force of the argument is this: “The Sabbath was instituted for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath, therefore, if the sabbatical rest be very harmful to man, it must be abandoned, and the labor undertaken that man may be benefited.

Therefore, rightly do I permit My disciples here to engage in the moderate labor of plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath, to satisfy their hunger. For it is better that the rest of the Sabbath should be broken than that men should perish.”

Verse 28. Therefore, the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath also. Some understand the therefore in this place as properly inferential from what has gone before, thus: Since the Sabbath was made for man, and the Son of man, that is, Christ, is Lord of all men and of all things which pertain to the welfare of men (since it was for the sake of this that He came to earth in the flesh), therefore He is Lord also of the Sabbath, so as to be able to dispense from it. But it is better and simpler to take the therefore not as inferential, but as complementary, meaning “lastly, in short.” Hence the Arabic translates “and,” so that the passage reads to this effect: “Lastly, the Son of man, that is, I, Christ, because I am the Messias and God, am Lord of the Sabbath, I who instituted it at the beginning for man’s benefit, and, therefore, am able for the benefit of man to regulate, to relax, or to abolish it. “This is the fresh and final reason by which Christ proves to the scribes that it was lawful for His disciples to pluck the ears of corn on the Sabbath to relieve their hunger.” The other things in this chapter I have explained at chapters 9 and 12 of Matthew.

Mystically, Theophylact says, Christ healing on the Sabbath signifies that those who have attained rest in their passions are able to heal sinners agitated by their passions, and lead them to virtue. More fully Bede. The disciples, he says, are teachers. The corn means those planted in the faith, whom the teachers visit, and hungering for their salvation, pluck away from earthly things. And by their hands, i.e., by their examples, they bring them away from the lust of the flesh, as it were out of husks. They eat them, that is, they incorporate them as members into the Church. And they do it upon the Sabbath, because this is done for the hope of future rest.

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Mały Manhattan

Najciemniej pod latarnią.

Do tej pory nie napisałem nic o CBD, centrum Wellington, choć było to jedno z pierwszych miejsc w mieście, które zobaczyłem, zaraz po przyjeździe w lipcu. Dopiero ostatnio wziąłem aparat fotograficzny do pracy, by zrobić trochę zdjęć naszego kieszonkowego Manhattanu.

Trzeba pamiętać, że samo Wellington liczy sobie ok. 220 tys. ludzi, z aglomeracją niemal drugie tyle. Centra dwustuparotysięcznych miast, nie tylko w Polsce, ale i na świecie, raczej tak nie wyglądają. Wyobrażacie sobie np. Białystok albo Lublin z takimi drapaczami chmur? Te drapacze są wprawdzie bardzo niskie w swojej drapacznej kategorii (10-15 pięter), ale to nie szkodzi, bo chmury tutaj też na ogół wiszą niewysoko, więc nie trzeba mocno się starać, by je drapać.

Skrajne: budynki Deloitte i BNZ na Customhouse Quay; w środku: róg Lambton Quay i Featherston Street

Wellington zdecydowanie aspiruje do wielkomiejskości i w obrębie głównych ulic CBD i nabrzeża (The Waterfront) nawet nieźle mu to wychodzi. Są szklano-stalowe biurowce i ulice tylko dla komunikacji miejskiej, która je nasyca ludźmi. Nad samą zatoką jest hala widowiskowo-sportowa na 5,5 tys. ludzi (TSB Arena), sala koncertowa (Michael Fowler Centre) i wielkie muzeum narodowe (Te Papa). Jest 35-tysięczny stadion, port morski i terminale promów na Wyspę Południową. Jest wreszcie Thorndon, przylegająca do CBD dzielnica rządowa z parlamentem, biurem rządu, ministerstwami i licznymi ambasadami.

Lambton Quay

Wszystkie powyższe obiekty w innych miastach byłyby oddalone od siebie o wiele kilometrów; pewnie trzeba by ich pokonać 10-15, między skrajnymi punktami. W Wellington wystarczą... niecałe dwa!

CBD jest jak statek w butelce — małe, ale misterne. I, mimo nieźle udawanej wielkomiejskości, dość przytulne.

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My fellow-officers, and the merchants and sea-captains with whom my official duties brought me into any manner of connection, viewed me in no other light, and probably knew me in no other character. None of them, I presume, had ever read a page of my inditing, or would have cared a fig the more for me, if they had read them all; nor would it have mended the matter, in the least, had those same unprofitable pages been written with a pen like that of Burns or of Chaucer, each of whom was a customhouse officer in his day, as well as I. It is a good lesson⁠—though it may often be a hard one⁠—for a man who has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for himself a rank among the world’s dignitaries by such means, to step aside out of the narrow circle in which his claims are recognized, and to find how utterly devoid of significance, beyond that circle, is all that he achieves, and all he aims at.

"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.