Entry 55:
"Yet, if the clergyman were rightly viewed, his strength seemed not of the body. It might be spiritual, and imparted to him by angelic ministrations. It might be the exhilaration of that potent cordial, which is distilled only in the furnace-glow of earnest and long-continued thought. Or, perchance, his sensitive temperament was invigorated by the loud and piercing music, that swelled heavenward, and uplifted him on its ascending wave."
It's the contradistinction between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. Chillingworth, being strong enough to take over someone's hurt soul doesn't have much spiritual strength. Spiritual of magic, alchemy, and devilish deeds, maybe. Dimmesdale, being 'angelic' is the opposite of what Chillingsworth is. Everything that the society knows about Dimmesdale makes him shine, and he posses sensitivity that Chillingsworth doesn't. The music lifted him heavenward, instead of when he yelled, he only provoked the devil... Chillingsworth.
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