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New essay: "He Chose Starbuck Over Israel"
Jacob wrestled with an angel all night. The angel couldn't prevail. Jacob walked away limping, renamed Israel — marked by what he survived.
Starbuck also wrestles with an angel. He wins. He replaces the musket. He reports the fair wind. He walks away unmarked.
He stays Starbuck.
The tragedy isn't that his virtue failed. It's that the situation required someone with a different virtue — and Starbuck is so thoroughly himself there was no room for a different one.
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