Sentence:  There is no doubt about what is not great, no race of men have such obvious <WSD>littlenesses</WSD>. They live in a narrow world so far as their human intercourse goes; their researches involve infinite attention and an almost monastic seclusion; and what is left over is not very much. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Smallness of spirit; pettiness.