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E-book Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Author: Mark Twain
Book Description: PREFACE
THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical,
and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It
is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the
sixth century; no, it is only pretended that inasmuch as they existed in
the English and other civilizations of far later times, it is safe to
consider that it is no libel upon the sixth century to suppose them to have
been in practice in that day also. One is quite justified in inferring that
whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its
place was competently filled by a worse one.
The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of
kings is not settled in this book. It was found too difficult. That the
executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and
extraordinary ability, was manifest and indisputable; that none but the
Deity could select that head unerringly, was also manifest and
indisputable; that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was
likewise manifest and indisputable; consequently, that He does make it, as claimed,
was an unavoidable deduction. I mean, until the author of this book
encountered the Pompadour, and Lady Castlemaine, and some other executive
heads of that kind; these were found so difficult to work into the scheme,
that it was judged better to take the other tack in this book (which must
be issued this fall), and then go into training and settle the question in
another book. It is, of course, a thing which ought to be settled, and I am
not going to have anything particular to do next winter anyway.
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