230 240 worse for the responsibility a of a
loyal ^ sea- commander inasmuch as he
was not authorized authorisedHS to determine the
case ^ matter on that primitive basis , . not
seldom an impractical impracticable abstraction
even in civil life ^ and under the most
liberal form of it.

Small wonder then that 46
the Indomitable's captain though in
general a man of ^ rapid decision, felt
the that necessity of of circumspectness
not less than promptitude was
demanded necessary. Until he
his could decide upon his course,
and in each detail; and not only
so, but until the last result
230 240 worse for the responsibility a of a
loyal ^ sea- commander inasmuch as he
was not authorized authorisedHS to determine the
case ^ matter on that primitive basis , . not
seldom an impractical impracticable abstraction
even in civil life ^ and under the most
liberal form of it.

Small wonder then that 46
the Indomitable's captain though in
general a man of ^ rapid decision, felt
the that necessity of of circumspectness
not less than promptitude was
demanded necessary. Until he
his could decide upon his course,
and in each detail; and not only
so, but until the last result

Transcribed by: John Bryant