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Show L 4. WHO SAD .- ; ! "When pride ami prcstunpl walk before. ham- and lo f!lnv very loecly" These w ords would lead the l eader j to believe that their author. Bonis XI, I king of France, the first of the French monarch, to use the title "Most Chrls llan King" (bestowed by the pope in the ear 1409i, was a most pious man. He was. In a sense, but was a niot cold-blooded and unscrupulous person. This monarch's great object in life was the consolidation of France and j the overthrow of the powerful nobles! who wielded great influence on thcl government of the nation. To attain his ends Louis NI never considered th moral end of the matter. He wished to overthrow certain of the nobles who wero none too friendly to him and accomplish his purpose by the most contemptible and deceitful means. Fear of death sent Hie King pell-mell pell-mell toward the consolation that religion relig-ion might provide. He had been twice stridden with apoplexy and the fear of death haunted him. He sc( mcd to he overwhelmed by the sense of tho injustices in-justices he had done and desirous of making amends. His sense of the right things to do. however, did not lead him I to make amends to those ;he luid wronged. Instead, he shut himself up in his castle and gave himself over to the most superstitious and ascetic practices in tho hope of thus securing the pardon he desired of heaven. With all his faulis l.oul . K , -France a good reign, as good reigns I went In those days- He encourage manufacture and trade and did considerable consid-erable to help the condition of tho I peaaanta His death occurred in 1 ts.3 Wh( n he was 00 years of agei- -WAYNI-: D M. Ml kit AY. oo Only three cities in the United j States are larger than Peking, China. I |