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... rise , from the murk and nightmare , solid shapes of a blessed power , with baby innocence and gentle nature as invincible allies , crowned by an English king as defender of righteousness and mediator of grace . There are , of course ...
... rise , from the murk and nightmare , solid shapes of a blessed power , with baby innocence and gentle nature as invincible allies , crowned by an English king as defender of righteousness and mediator of grace . There are , of course ...
Page 100
... an approach to the high drama of the Crown . Our national life does not rise above the dramatic , but aspires to it ; and the faculty of the dramatic imagination is not , as so often supposed , secondary , but 100 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
... an approach to the high drama of the Crown . Our national life does not rise above the dramatic , but aspires to it ; and the faculty of the dramatic imagination is not , as so often supposed , secondary , but 100 THE OLIVE AND THE SWORD.
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... rise further to a new national faith , nobler than any yet known on earth . We cannot go back . We must press on , and up . We can , moreover , do what Germany cannot , search within our own literature for authoritative inspira- tion ...
... rise further to a new national faith , nobler than any yet known on earth . We cannot go back . We must press on , and up . We can , moreover , do what Germany cannot , search within our own literature for authoritative inspira- tion ...
Contents
OUR ENGLISH HERITAGE | 1 |
ROSES AT WAR | 4 |
SAINT GEORGE FOR ENGLAND | 12 |
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