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Ennobling this dull pomp, the life of kings,
By contemplation of diviner things.
Matthew Arnold
"Mycerinus" (1849)
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A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
James Fenimore Cooper
Matthew Arnold
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Born:
December 24, 1822
Died:
April 15, 1888
(aged 65)
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