148 139 but the better sort of men are inclined
to incredulity when it is in earnest ^ earnestly seriously
imputed to any an intelligent man.
But since its lodgement is in the heart
not the brain, no degree of intelligence intellect
supplies a guarantee against it. Inly
it so self-humiliates a man that it is
sought to be locked up But Claggart's
was no vulgar form of the passion.
Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd
148 139 but the better sort of men are inclined
to incredulity when it is in earnest ^ earnestly seriously
imputed to any an intelligent man.
But since its lodgement is in the heart
not the brain, no degree of intelligence intellect
supplies a guarantee against it. Inly
it so self-humiliates a man that it is
sought to be locked up But Claggart's
was no vulgar form of the passion.
Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd

Transcribed by: John Bryant