Word: monarchal
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...devote himself full time to writing.) The author's exuberant pessimism extends to the course of democratic government, especially in his native England. His solution is for England to be part of a global English-speaking union with Australia, America and Canada, to be governed by a constitutional monarch. It may sound positively Napoleonic, but it has vision-the vision of a bold artist who has yet to meet his Waterloo...
...name of "star"--star who could be god to more men than any man might be devil, star whose mortal success might so seem to fulfill the richest reddest blooded fantasies of the most American that it could appear as immortality achieved on earth. Gatsby would be as much monarch of his fortunes as any star could later feel of his screen, both immortals to unspeakably glorify the heart of America...
...Nixon's impeachment. The grounds for this action were unblinkingly harsh: Nixon's "deliberate treason" in the conduct of both foreign and domestic policy. Almost as bad, the diatribe went on, "Mr. Nixon has spent more money-and has spent it more wastefully-than any other President, monarch, dictator or ruler of any kind in all human history...
...ridiculed by the insults of the people. A young prince steps forward, his head held high, his shield and spear in hand: "Follow me," he beckons to the people, "this evil king betrays his sacred trust." More princes and military captains mimic his example, defiling the name of the monarch and calling the people to rebellion. Then, remarkably, these same slanderers of the king exhort him to lead them...
...himself. Even when no prince or sub-chieftan actually coveted the throne, the ritual demanded that they act as if they did. Their attacks on the king were necessary to emphasize the contrast between the sanctity of the kingship and the human failings of the king. If a particular monarch was a corrupt or cruel despot, the people would not seek to overthrow the social order, but would simply replace the king with another man, usually a member of the king's own family. The fact that the king himself might be evil would not invalidate the sacred kingship...