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History of the English People, Volume II (of 8)

CHAPTER IV
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There was a nobleness in Edward's nature from which the baser influences of this chivalry fell away.

His life was pure, his piety, save when it stooped to the superstition of the time, manly and sincere, while his high sense of duty saved him from the frivolous self-indulgence of his successors.

But he was far from being wholly free from the taint of his age.

His passionate desire was to be a model of the fashionable chivalry of his day.

His frame was that of a born soldier--tall, deep-chested, long of limb, capable alike of endurance or action, and he shared to the full his people's love of venture and hard fighting.


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