Natty 11.04 - nearly like 10.10!

[Liam Proven]

On 24 June 2011 13:05, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> You sound, if anything, like King Cnut.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut

*Belatedly realises this is a very Anglocentric reference on an
international list*

Specifically:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut#Ruler_of_the_waves

Another retelling:
http://www.inspirationalstories.com/0/91.html

"Let all men know how empty and worthless is the power of kings. For
there is none worthy of the name but God, whom heaven, earth and sea
obey".

So spoke King Canute the Great, the legend says, seated on his throne
on the seashore, waves lapping round his feet. Canute had learned that
his flattering courtiers claimed he was "So great, he could command
the tides of the sea to go back". Now Canute was not only a religious
man, but also a clever politician. He knew his limitations - even if
his courtiers did not - so he had his throne carried to the seashore
and sat on it as the tide came in, commanding the waves to advance no
further. When they didn't, he had made his point that, though the
deeds of kings might appear 'great' in the minds of men, they were as
nothing in the face of God's power.
(http://www.viking.no/e/people/e-knud.htm)

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