Temporal Power by Marie Corelli
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creation."
"And is he so superior?" "He is generally so admitted." "Is my father a man?" "Assuredly! The question is superfluous." "What makes him a King?" "Royal birth and the hereditary right to his great position." "Then if man is in a condition of supremacy over the rest of creation, a king is more than a man if he is allowed to rule men?" "Sir, pardon me!--a king is not more than a man, but men choose him as their ruler because he is worthy." "In what way is he worthy? Simply because he is born as I am, heir to a throne?" "Precisely." "He might be an idiot or a cripple, a fool or a coward,--he would still be King?" "Most indubitably." |
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