{"id":"01KG8AJMVSA4NXGJQR1B6SVQ0B","cid":"bafkreie2n6al2nvs3fo6cseloshaxy75w32kqquxvkxqdl7ytnhdb5uq6a","type":"chapter","properties":{"description":"# CHAPTER XXXVII\n\n## Overview\nThis is a chapter from the novel [THE CONFIDENCE-MAN: HIS MASQUERADE.](arke:01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA) by Herman Melville. It is titled \"CHAPTER XXXVII\\n\\nTHE MYSTICAL MASTER INTRODUCES THE PRACTICAL DISCIPLE.\" This chapter appears between lines 8617 and 8705 of the source file, [the_confidence_man.txt](arke:01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4).\n\n## Context\nThe chapter is part of the [Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW) collection. It is preceded by [CHAPTER XXXVI.](arke:01KG8AJMVHXZ1WH9JRWME9D7FK) and followed by [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](arke:01KG8AJMVS8VS60S6EECKVNY8A) within the novel.\n\n## Contents\nThis chapter primarily consists of a dialogue between a \"cosmopolitan\" and a \"mystical master\" who introduces his \"practical disciple,\" Egbert. The master describes Egbert as the first to put his principles into practice and emphasizes the practical nature of his philosophy, contrasting it with abstract, impractical theories. The master then leaves the cosmopolitan and Egbert to converse. The chapter is divided into two chunks: [Chunk 1](arke:01KG8AK9ZHMCT2HZ34309VX57M) and [Chunk 2](arke:01KG8AK9ZHGXJ3CQJTXBCJ7W4G).\n","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:42.079Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"CHAPTER XXXVII","end_line":8705,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:36.061Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"CHAPTER XXXVII\n\nTHE MYSTICAL MASTER INTRODUCES THE PRACTICAL DISCIPLE.","source_file":"01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4","start_line":8617,"text":null,"title":"CHAPTER XXXVII\n\nTHE MYSTICAL MASTER INTRODUCES THE PRACTICAL DISCIPLE."},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJ86G6HP7TCHND218MWGA","peer_type":"novel","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1JMR8XVKPA0G8ADAPC4","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJMVHXZ1WH9JRWME9D7FK","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AJMVS8VS60S6EECKVNY8A","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"next"},{"peer":"01KG8AK9ZHMCT2HZ34309VX57M","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AK9ZHGXJ3CQJTXBCJ7W4G","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"contains"}],"ver":5,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:38.361Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:42.393Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}