Sentence:  And greatly do I respect the solid character, — a blockhead, thou wilt say; yes, but a well- conditioned blockhead, and the best-conditioned, — who <WSD>esteems</WSD> all ‘Customs once solemnly acknowledged' to be ultimate, divine, and the rule for a man to walk by, nothing doubting, not inquiring farther. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To look upon something in a particular way.