Show some virtues of louis XIV one need not overlook the enormous shortcomings ot of louis XIV as a man and as a kill kins to admit that in some important respects he tried to do his duty says saya longmans magazine zine he was a hardworking sovereign eign both la in the sphere ot of administration and in that social sphere which was to his mind no less important por tant so courteous that ho he never nerver passed the poorest woman about the palace without lifting his hat he carried polite consideration to the level of a fine art |