The world: historical and actual . from Britain, for albeit a Dane, he was in spirit athorough Englishman. Alfreds son, Edward theElder, was the first to take thetitle of King of England, but theEngland of Canute was a step inadvance, for it merged into one(with the English as the one) thetwo Scandinavian elements of thepeople. He was the only greatsovereign the land enjoyed fromAlfred to William of Normandy,but not the only great ruler, forDunstan, although a subject,ruled the destinies of Englandunder several kings, and was aman worthy of the highest honorand deathless gratitude. Thekings un
The world: historical and actual . from Britain, for albeit a Dane, he was in spirit athorough Englishman. Alfreds son, Edward theElder, was the first to take thetitle of King of England, but theEngland of Canute was a step inadvance, for it merged into one(with the English as the one) thetwo Scandinavian elements of thepeople. He was the only greatsovereign the land enjoyed fromAlfred to William of Normandy,but not the only great ruler, forDunstan, although a subject,ruled the destinies of Englandunder several kings, and was aman worthy of the highest honorand deathless gratitude. Thekings under whom Dunstan flour-ished were Edmund I., Edred,Edwy, and Edgar, the periodcovered being from 940 to 975. A devout monkwith a passionate fondness for music, poetry andliterature, lie was none the less a man of aim was to make Englandunited and great. The kingswith whom he had to do couldnot appreciate him, and his la-bors were made doubly arduousby their imbecility. It must beconceded that Dunstan wassomewhat hamper
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