“ the king is but a man; royalty is the gift of God. ”
Alexandre Dumas, Twenty Years After (1845). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
|---|---|
| Source | Twenty Years After |
| Topic | God gift |
| Date | 1845 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1259/pg1259-images.html |
Context
“So blind were his contemporaries that they regarded the cardinal’s death as a deliverance; and I, even I, opposed the designs of the great man who held the destinies of France within the hollow of his hand. Raoul, learn how to distinguish the king from royalty; the king is but a man; royalty is the gift of God. Whenever you hesitate as to whom you ought to serve, abandon the exterior, the material appearance for the invisible principle, for the invisible principle is everything. Raoul, I seem to read your future destiny as through a cloud.”
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