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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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not, andresponded calmly : Then we will go on with our game. Henry was no lover of his southern neighbors; indeed, he had wisely seenthat the true interest of France lay in breaking the overbearing Spanish power.He seems to have had dreams of uniting all Europe into a vast Christianrepublic in opposition to his foe. With this in view, he watched and waited,and, with Sullys aid, gradually accumulated stores of money and munitions ofwar. At last, in 1610, he was ready for his mighty stroke. His treasures werebrought forth, his armies marched, the whole world looked on in excitement, andthen—his projects came to naught before an assassins dagger. FrancisRavaillac, a monkish schoolmaster, leaped suddenly on the wheel of the Kingscarriage and stabbed him twice to the heart. Even when put to the torture, Ravaillac denied that he had any accom-plices. He had struck, he said, solely on his own account, because the Kingwas the friend of heretics. But Spain reaped all the profit of the deed.
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France—Success of Henry IV 877 Henrys armament against her came to naught, and his wife, the friend ofSpain, succeeded to his authority. Henry IV. was the hero of his people. We have no space for all the storiesthey treasure of his wit, his courage, and his generosity. We are spared, too,from telling the evil side of his life, his follies among women, and his ingrati-tude toward friends. We cannot place Henry on the very highest plane ofheroism among those who have won the greatest success purely by deservingit,—by excellence in the noblest qualities of our human nature. In this lofti-est rank, to stand by the side of our own Washington, France offers us onlytwo names, Joan of Arc and Louis IX. But among that second class, whohave been perhaps even more successful in a material sense, who have done evilthat good might come, have matched treachery against treachery, and beaten theworld at its own worldly game—among such names Henry IV. must rank in thevery front. Perhaps no man b

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