38 1 24 2 161 171 naturally more or less inevitably ^ wanes as intelligence waxes.
But in Billy Budd intelligence, such
as it was, had advanced , while yet
his simplicity simplemindedness ^ remained for the most
part unaffected unaffected . Experi Experience is a
teacher indeed; yet did Billy's years make
his experience small; Insert
the HeHS Besides / He had
none of that intuitive knowledge
of the bad which in natures not good ^ or incompletely so
foreruns experience, and therefore
may pertain, as in some instances
it too clearly does pertains pertain , even to youth.
38 1 24 2 161 171 naturally more or less inevitably ^ wanes as intelligence waxes.
But in Billy Budd intelligence, such
as it was, had advanced , while yet
his simplicity simplemindedness ^ remained for the most
part unaffected unaffected . Experi Experience is a
teacher indeed; yet did Billy's years make
his experience small; Insert
the HeHS Besides / He had
none of that intuitive knowledge
of the bad which in natures not good ^ or incompletely so
foreruns experience, and therefore
may pertain, as in some instances
it too clearly does pertains pertain , even to youth.

Transcribed by: John Bryant