...kingdom of the habitable globe. " One kingdom — but who is to be its king ? . . . Are there only to be Kings of Terror and the obscene Empires of Mammon and Belial ? or will you, youths of England, to make your country for all the world a source of light, a centre of peace ; mistress of Learning...

...are not yet dissolute of temper, but still have the firmness to govern and the grace to obey. . . . Will you youths of England make your country again a royal throne of kings; a sceptered isle, for all the world a source of light, a centre of peace; mistress of learning and of...

...a destiny now possible to us — the highest ever set before a nation to be accepted or refused ... Or will you, youths of England, make your country again a royal throne of kings; a sceptered isle, for all the world a source of light, a centre of peace . . . "Vexilla régis prodeunt."...

...1870: "A destiny is now possible to us, the highest ever set before a nation to be accepted or refused. Will you youths of England make your country again a royal throne of kings, a sceptered isle, for all the world a source of light, a center of peace? This is what England must do...

...habitable globe. One kingdom; - but who is to be its king? Is there to be no king in it, think you, and every man to do that which is right in his own 15 eyes? Or only kings of terror, and the obscene empires of Mammon and Belial? Or will you, youths...

...England's pure race, he can then go on to tell his audience to turn England into a "country again [that is] a royal throne of kings; a sceptred isle, for all the world a source of light, a centre of peace." The allusion to Shakespeare is meant to re-establish and relocate a preferential feeling for England....

...England's pure race, he can then go on to tell his audience to turn England into a "country again [that is] seful. The usefulness may, in one case, consist in a moral; in another, in some practical advice; The allusion to Shakespeare is meant to re-establish and relocate a preferential feeling for England....

...February 8. 1870. In this address, which galvanized a generation, Ruskin summoned the youth of England to "make your country again a royal throne of kings,...isle, for all the world a source of light, a centre for peace; mistress of Learning and of the Arts . . . This is what England must do or perish. She must...

...David led the nation, the leadership should lead the people of God in worship. It is never right for "every man to do that which is right in his own eyes. " In times of rejoicing there should be leadership for the people of God. Lack of leadership has caused...

...not most imitated. But the practice of men can be no law ; for it has no authority, and really leaves every man to do that which is right in his own eyes. Is it public opinion ? By its fluctuations and uncertainty, it sanctions to-day what yesterday it forbad....