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Friday, May 27, 2005
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I lately came across this quotation from Edmund Burke, a statesman from the 1790's. His words concern the fate of Marie Antionette, Queen of France. I have to wonder how many people felt this same way when they heard the news of the young queen's death.
Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor, and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.But the age of chivalry is gone... and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. |
posted by cori
5/27/2005 05:26:00 PM
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Well said! Well said. France, and Europe indeed, entered into a new age with the thunderous roar of a Parisian mob and the honorable deaths of innocent men and women. In an effort to make all men equal, all men stooped to become beligerant animals that would recognize no authority above them. The glory of the Age of Chivalry was gone forever.
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Well said! Well said. France, and Europe indeed, entered into a new age with the thunderous roar of a Parisian mob and the honorable deaths of innocent men and women. In an effort to make all men equal, all men stooped to become beligerant animals that would recognize no authority above them. The glory of the Age of Chivalry was gone forever.