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Show 1 f there is any significance in the names that kings bf ar, that of George i I not be of good omen to the people otEoglaod. The new monarch is George V and he will have to be a vast improvement over the preceding four monarchs of that name if he iB to arrcunt to anything st a!!. The first two Georges had little to commend them but their personal courage in battle. The third George, while of im pro:jcbable moral life, was bigoted, narrow and, at times, insane, while the fourth George wa-i a profligate of the worst liiud. Fortunately, public sentiment iu Greut Britain is now bo stroDg that no king dare go far wrong, aud therefore uten some future Thackery or Smucker writes a "History "His-tory of the Fife Georges'' he may be able to present George V in a. most pleasant contrast to the other Georges, This will be tr ade evident by the better bet-ter moral and intellectual quality of the new king. |