Famous and decisive battles of the world; . one another; but that charter,wrested from King John at Runnymede, became the font ofEnglish nationality, and from that time there was concert andharmony. But, bitter as had been the hatred, the Norman conquest wasthe making of England. A brave, chivalrous, warlike andvastly superior and intellectual race had, by Hastings, becomerooted in the English soil. Their better qualities were marredby their many acts of cruelty and oppression, but to Normanblood and Norman brains the British Empire is this day in-debted, infinitely more than many of its peopl
Famous and decisive battles of the world; . one another; but that charter,wrested from King John at Runnymede, became the font ofEnglish nationality, and from that time there was concert andharmony. But, bitter as had been the hatred, the Norman conquest wasthe making of England. A brave, chivalrous, warlike andvastly superior and intellectual race had, by Hastings, becomerooted in the English soil. Their better qualities were marredby their many acts of cruelty and oppression, but to Normanblood and Norman brains the British Empire is this day in-debted, infinitely more than many of its people will admit or be-lieve. Speaking of the Normans, Campbell has dared to say, They high-mettled the blood of our veins. Guizot declaresthat Englands liberties are due to her conquestby the Chatham eulogized the iron barons who were the build-ers of the great constitution, and who were Normans all; andeven the great English historian Gibbon, himself, has had thejustice to say that Assuredly England was a gainer by DEATH OF HAROLD AT HASTIN JERUSALEM. 1099.
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