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Mr. Tom Posted 15 years ago
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The greatness of Carne School has been ascribed by common consent
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The greatness of Carne School has been ascribed by common consent to Edward VI, whose educational zeal is ascribed by history to the Duke of Somerset. But Carne prefers the respectability of the monarch to the questionable politics of his adviser, drawing strength from the conviction that Great Schools, like Tudor Kings, were ordained in Heaven...
People associate the greatness (success) of Carne school to King Edward, whose great interest in education, according to history, was due to Duke of Somerset. But...??
Thanks,
Tom
Could you please see my analysis and explain the yellow parts to me?
The greatness of Carne School has been ascribed by common consent to Edward VI, whose educational zeal is ascribed by history to the Duke of Somerset. But Carne prefers the respectability of the monarch to the questionable politics of his adviser, drawing strength from the conviction that Great Schools, like Tudor Kings, were ordained in Heaven...
People associate the greatness (success) of Carne school to King Edward, whose great interest in education, according to history, was due to Duke of Somerset. But...??
Thanks,
Tom
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I'm not familiar with the history of Edward VI, so I'm guessing here, but this apparently refers to the idea that Kings derived their authority from ***. That is, it is because of *** that a person is a king. Apparently Edward had no real interest in education until one of his dukes, the Duke of Somerset, got him interested in it; and therefore, it was Somerset who actually is responsible for Carne School.
- I'm not familiar with the history of Edward VI, so I'm guessing here, but this apparently refers to the idea that Kings derived their authority from ***.
- That is, it is because of *** that a person is a king.
- Apparently Edward had no real interest in education until one of his dukes, the Duke of Somerset, got him interested in it; and therefore, it was Somerset who actually is responsible for Carne School.
- However, Somerset was apparently a controversial figure who may have used the subject of education to advance himself with Edward, and did not really care much that about education.
- The administrators of Carne School nevertheless apparently look to Edward as the founder of the school, not to Somerset, the idea being that since Edward derived his authority from ***, then anything that he did was ultimately because of ***.
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I'm not familiar with the history of Edward VI, so I'm guessing here, but this apparently refers to the idea that Kings derived their authority from ***. That is, it is because of *** that a person is a king. Apparently Edward had no real interest in education until one of his dukes, the Duke of Somerset, got him interested in it; and therefore, it was Somerset who actually is responsible for C
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Hi,
As a foot-note, this is a sentence from a George Smiley novel by John le Carre called 'A Murder Of Quality'.
I suspect that it may well be a fictitious school.
Clive
As a foot-note, this is a sentence from a George Smiley novel by John le Carre called 'A Murder Of Quality'.
I suspect that it may well be a fictitious school.
Clive
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