Only in the dramatically improved ending, with Cereno and his men risking their lives in the sea and the enraged slaves pursuing them, does it dawn on him that those "rude blacks" he believed incapable of such subterfuge were actually the masters, and that his own prejudices allowed him to play into the hands of Babo and his rebels.
For centuries, women were believed incapable of properly inhaling a cigarette.
Fittingly, Maugham's obsession with the greatness of which he believed himself incapable occasionally spurred him to achieve it.
A recent survey found that 89% of voters believed it incapable of reducing public debt, as promised; 84% believed it would not improve on the level of zero economic growth, as promised; and 85% did not believe it could reduce unemployment, currently running at a record 10.1%.
Reagan needed to believe himself incapable of disloyalty to his father and to the President they both revered.
Believing Castro incapable of planning the attack alone, the government accused Ortodoxo and PSP politicians of involvement, putting 122 defendants on trial on September 21 at the Palace of Justice, Santiago.
The result of all this is many students, no doubt stressed by a year's worth of competitive exams and tests, don't apply for certain courses because they believe themselves incapable of achieving the ridiculously high ATAR entry scores required.
You will believe yourself incapable of loving someone as much as you love your child in this very moment -- then you wake up the next morning, see your kid wake up, fuss, ask incessantly for a "bobble" and your love grows exponentially.
In separate interviews, the brothers' parents said they believed their sons incapable of carrying out the bombings.
The 40-year-old Spaniard has taken the team from Goodison Park to dizzy heights David Moyes believed they were incapable of scaling and they could yet pip Arsenal to Champions League qualification.
This is comparable with the situation of women in many societies, where they are believed to be incapable of logical thought, emotionally insecure, unreliable, and are accepted by society only as an appendage of their husband.
