It remarkably characterized the incomplete morality of the age, rigid as we call it, that a license was allowed the seafaring class, not merely for their freaks on shore, but for far more desperate deeds on their proper element.

它显着地表现了那个时代不完整的道德， 正如我们所说的那样僵化，允许航海阶级获得执照， 不仅是因为他们在岸上的怪胎，而且是为了他们适当的元素上更加绝望的行为。