fain would the Indomitable 's captain have
deferred taking any action whatever respecting
it further than to keep the foretopman
a close prisoner till the ship re- - joined
the squadron and then submitting the
matter to the judgement of his Admiral .
at the same time apprising him how
far was the foretopman at heart from
being either a mutineer or a murderer.
But a true military officer
is in one particular like a true monk.
Not with more of self-abnegation
will the latter keep his vows of
monastic obediance than the former
his vows of allegiance to military martial
duty. The case indeed was such that
fain would the Indomitable 's captain have
deferred taking any action whatever respecting
it further than to keep the foretopman
a close prisoner till the ship re- - joined
the squadron and then submitting the
matter to the judgement of his Admiral .
at the same time apprising him how
far was the foretopman at heart from
being either a mutineer or a murderer.
But a true military officer
is in one particular like a true monk.
Not with more of self-abnegation
will the latter keep his vows of
monastic obediance than the former
his vows of allegiance to military martial
duty. The case indeed was such that
Transcribed by: John Bryant