cture　was　quite　other；　so　neither　was　our　result　altogether　the　same：　　unhappily；　we　were　not　in　Crim　Tartary；　but　in　a　corrupt　European　city；　full　of　smoke　and　sin；　moreover；　in　the　middle　of　a　Public；　which；　without　far　costlier　apparatus　than　that　of　the　Square　Enclosure；　and　Declaration　aloud；　you　could　not　be　sure　of　gulling。
  〃Gullible；　however；　by　fit　apparatus；　all　Publics　are；　and　gulled；　with　the　most　surprising　profit。　　Towards　anything　like　a　_Statistics　of　Imposture_；　indeed；　little　as　yet　has　been　done：　　with　a　strange　indifference；　our　Economists；　nigh　buried　under　Tables　for　minor　Branches　of　Industry；　have　altogether　overlooked　the　grand　all…overtopping　Hypocrisy　Branch；　as　if　our　whole　arts　of　Puffery；　of　Quackery；　Priestcraft；　Kingcraft；　and　the　innumerable　other　crafts　and　mysteries　of　that　genus；　had　not　ranked　in　Productive　Industry　at　all！　　Can　any　one；　for　example；　so　much　as　say；　What　moneys；　in　Literature　and　Shoeblacking；　are　realized　by　actual　Instruction　and　actual　jet　Polish；　what　by　fictitious…persuasive　Proclamation　of　such；　specifying；　in　distinct　items；　the　distributions；　circulations；　disbursements；　incomings　of　said　moneys；　with　the　smallest　approach　to　accuracy？　　But　to　ask；　How　far；　in　all　the　several　infinitely　complected　departments　of　social　business；　in　government；　education；　in　manual；　commercial；　intellectual　fabrication　of　every　sort；　man's　Want　is　supplied　by　true　Ware；　how　far　by　the　mere　Appearance　of　true　Ware：in　other　words；　To　what　extent；　by　what　methods；　with　what　effects；　in　various　times　and　countries；　Deception　takes　the　place　of　wages　of　Performance：　　here　truly　is　an　Inquiry　big　with　results　for　the　future　time；　but　to　which　hitherto　only　the　vaguest　answer　can　be　given。　　If　for　the　present；　in　our　Europe；　we　estimate　the　ratio　of　Ware　to　Appearance　of　Ware　so　high　even　as　at　One　to　a　Hundred　（which；　considering　the　Wages　of　a　Pope；　Russian　Autocrat；　or　English　Game…Preserver；　is　probably　not　far　from　the　mark）；what　almost　prodigious　saving　may　there　not　be　anticipated；　as　the　_Statistics　of　Imposture_　advances；　and　so　the　manufacturing　of　Shams　（that　of　Realities　rising　into　clearer　and　clearer　distinction　therefrom）　gradually　declines；　and　at　length　becomes　all　but　wholly　unnecessary！
  〃This　for　the　coming　golden　ages。　　What　I　had　to　remark；　for　the　present　brazen　one；　is；　that　in　several　provinces；　as　in　Education；　Polity；　Religion；　where　so　much　is　wanted　and　indispensable；　and　so　little　can　as　yet　be　furnished；　probably　Imposture　is　of　sanative；　anodyne　nature；　and　man's　Gullibility　not　his　worst　blessing。　　Suppose　your　sinews　of　war　quite　broken；　I　mean　your　military　chest　insolvent；　forage　all　but　exhausted；　and　that　the　whole　army　is　about　to　mutiny；　disband；　and　cut　your　and　each　other's　throat；then　were　it　not　well　could　you；　as　if　by　miracle；　pay　them　in　any　sort　of　fairy…money；　feed　them　on　coagulated　water；　or　mere　imagination　of　meat；　whereby；　till　the　real　supply　came　up；　they　might　be　kept　together　and　quiet？　　Such　perhaps　was　the　aim　of　Nature；　who　does　nothing　without　aim；　in　furnishing　her　favorite；　Man；　with　this　his　so　omnipotent　or　rather　omnipatient　Talent　of　being　Gulled。
  〃How　beautifully　it　works；　with　a　little　mechanism；　nay；　almost　makes　mechanism　for　itself！　　These　Professors　in　the　Nameless　lived　with　ease；　with　safety；　by　a　mere　Reputation；　constructed　in　past　times；　and　then　too　with　no　great　effort；　by　quite　another　class　of　persons。　　Which　Reputation；　like　a　strong　brisk…going　undershot　wheel；　sunk　into　the　general　current；　bade　fair；　with　only　a　little　annual　re…painting　on　their　part；　to　hold　long　together；　and　of　its　own　accord　assiduously　grind　for　them。　　Happy　that　it　was　so；　for　the　Millers！　　They　themselves　needed　not　to　work；　their　attempts　at　working；　at　what　they　called　Educating；　now　when　I　look　back　on　it；　fill　me　with　a　certain　mute　admiration。
  〃Besides　all　this；　we　boasted　ourselves　a　Rational　University；　in　the　highest　degree　hostile　to　Mysticism；　thus　was　the　young　vacant　mind　furnished　with　much　talk　about　Progress　of　the　Species；　Dark　Ages；　Prejudice；　and　the　like；　so　that　all　were　quickly　enough　blown　out　into　a　state　of　windy　argumentativeness；　whereby　the　better　sort　had　soon　to　end　in　sick；　impotent　Scepticism；　the　worser　sort　explode　（_erepiren_）　in　finished　Self…conceit；　and　to　all　spiritual　intents　become　dead。But　this　too　is　portion　of　mankind's　lot。　　If　our　era　is　the　Era　of　Unbelief；　why　murmur　under　it；　is　there　not　a　better　coming；　nay　come？　　As　in　long…drawn　systole　and　long…drawn　diastole；　must　the　period　of　Faith　alternate　with　the　period　of　Denial；　must　the　vernal　growth；　the　summer　luxuriance　of　all　Opinions；　Spiritual　Representations　and　Creations；　be　followed　by；　and　again　follow；　the　autumnal　decay；　the　winter　dissolution。　　For　man　lives　in　Time；　has　his　whole　earthly　being；　endeavor　and　destiny　shaped　for　him　by　Time：　　only　in　the　transitory　Time…Symbol　is　the　ever…motionless　Eternity　we　stand　on　made　manifest。　And　yet；　in　such　winter…seasons　of　Denial；　it　is　for　the　nobler…minded　perhaps　a　comparative　misery　to　have　been　born；　and　to　be　awake　and　work；　and　for　the　duller　a　felicity；　if；　like　hibernating　animals；　safe…lodged　in　some　Salamanca　University　or　Sybaris　City；　or　other　superstitious　or　voluptuous　Castle　of　Indolence；　they　can　slumber　through；　in　stupid　dreams；　and　only　awaken　when　the　loud…roaring　hailstorms　have　all　alone　their　work；　and　to　our　prayers　and　martyrdoms　the　new　Spring　has　been　vouchsafed。〃
  That　in　the　environment；　here　mysteriously　enough　shadowed　forth；　Teufelsdrockh　must　have　felt　ill　at　ease；　cannot　be　doubtful。　　〃The　hungry　young；〃　he　says；　〃looked　up　to　their　spiritual　Nurses；　and；　for　food；　were　bidden　eat　the　east…wind。　　What　vain　jargon　of　controversial　Metaphysic；　Etymology；　and　mechanical　Manipulation　falsely　named　Science；　was　current　there；　I　indeed　learned；　better　perhaps　than　the　most。　　Among　eleven　hundred　Christian　youths；　there　will　not　be　wanting　some　eleven　eager　to　learn。　　By　collision　with　such；　a　certain　warmth；　a　certain　polish　was　communicated；　by　instinct　and　happy　accident；　I　took　less　to　rioting　（_renommiren_）；　than　to　thinking　and　reading；　which　latter　also　I　was　free　to　do。　　Nay　from　the　chaos　of　that　Library；　I　succeeded　in　fishing　up　more　books　perhaps　than　had　been　known　to　the　very　keepers　thereof。　　The　foundation　of　a　Literary　Life　was　hereby　laid：　　I　learned；　on　my　own　strength；　to　read　fluently　in　almost　all　cultivated　languages；　on　almost　all　subjects　and　sciences；　farther；　as　man　is　ever　the　prime　object　to　man；　already　it　was　my　favorite　employment　to　read　character　in　speculation；　and　from　the　Writing　to　construe　the　Writer。　　A　certain　groundplan　of　Human　Nature　and　Life　began　to　fashion　itself　in　me；　wondrous　enough；　now　when　I　look　back　on　it；　for　my　whole　Universe；　physical　and　spiritual；　was　as　yet　a　Machine！　　However；　such　a　conscious；　recognized　groundplan；　the　truest　I　had；　_was_　beginning　to　be　there；　and　by　additional　experiments　might　be　corrected　and　indefinitely　extended。〃
  Thus　from　poverty　does　the　strong　educe　nobler　wealth；　thus　in　the　destitution　of　the　wild　desert　does　our　young　Ishmael　acquire　for　himself　the　highest　of　all　possessions；　that　of　Self…help。　　Nevertheless　a　desert　this　was；　waste；　and　howling　with　savage　monsters。　　Teufelsdrockh　gives　us　long　details　of　his　〃fever…paroxysms　of　Doubt；〃　his　Inquiries　concerning　Miracles；　and　the　Evidences　of　religious　Faith；　and　how　〃in　the　silent　night…watches；　still　darker　in　his　heart　than　over　sky　and　earth；　he　has　cast　himself　before　the　All…seeing；　and　with　audible　prayers　cried　vehemently　for　Light；　for　deliverance　from　Death　and　the　Grave。　　Not　till　after　long　years；　and　unspeakable　agonies；　did　the　believing　heart　surrender；　sink　into　spell…bound　sleep；　under　the　nightmare；　Unbelief；　and；　in　this　hag…ridden　dream；　mistake　God's　fair　living　world　for　a　pallid；　vacant　Hades　and　extinct　Pandemonium。　　But　through　such　Purgatory　pain；〃　continues　he；　〃it　is　appointed　us　to　pass；　first　must　the　dead　Letter　of　Religion　own　itself　dead；　and　drop　piecemeal　into　dust；　if　the　living　Spirit　of　Religion；　freed　from　this　its　charnel…house；　is　to　arise　on　us；　new…born　of　Heaven；　and　with　new　healing　under　its　wings。〃
  To　which　Purgatory　pains；　seemingly　severe　enough；　if　we　add　a　liberal　measure　of　Earthly　distresses；　want　of　practical　guidance；　want　of　sympathy；　want　of　money；　want　of　hope；　and　all　this　in　the　fervid　season　of　youth；　so　exaggerated　in　imagining；　so　boundless　in　desires；　yet　here　so　poor　in　means；do　we　not　see　a　strong　incipient　spirit　oppressed　and　overloaded　from　without　and　from　within；　the　fire　of　genius　struggling　up　among　fuel…wood　of　the　greenest；　and　as　yet　with　more　of　bitter　vapor　than　of　clear　flame？
  From　various　fragments　of　Letters　and　other　documentary　scraps；　it　is　to　be　inferred　that　Teufelsdrockh；　isolated；　shy；　retiring　as　he　was；　had　not　altogether　escaped　notice：　　certain　established　men　are　aware　of　his　existence；　and；　if　stretching　out　no　helpful　hand；　have　at　least　their　eyes　on　him。　　He　appears；　though　in　dreary　enough　humor；　to　be　addressing　himself　to　the　Profession　of　Law；whereof；　indeed；　the　world　has　since　seen　him　a　public　g