What does the following text mean, especially the bold parts?
"Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God. Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul, The mind's the standard of the man."
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Even if I were giant-sized, I would still be a man because I have the soul of a man.
— Mister Micawber
Even if I were giant-sized, I would still be a man because I have the soul of a man.
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It is about being the same as everyone else "If I could reach from pole to pole, Or grasp the ocean with a span," = if i was the same as you, or better then "I would be measured by the soul"= i would be measured by who i really am "The mind's the standard of the man." as its who i really am that matters, the things i do and think, not how i look.