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His two immediate successors, Richard I. and John, were good specimens of the chiefs of their line, almost all of whom were very able men, having even a touch of genius in them, but therewithal were such wanton blackguards and scoundrels that one is almost forced to apply the theological word "wickedness" to them. HIS TWO IMMEDIATE SUCCESSORS RICHARD THE FIRST AND JOHN WERE GOOD SPECIMENS OF THE CHIEFS OF THEIR LINE ALMOST ALL OF WHOM WERE VERY ABLE MEN HAVING EVEN A TOUCH OF GENIUS IN THEM BUT THEREWITHAL WERE SUCH WANTON BLACKGUARDS AND SCOUNDRELS THAT ONE IS ALMOST FORCED TO APPLY THE THEOLOGICAL WORD WICKEDNESS TO THEM
e land was dotted, and which were begun under the auspices of the Conqueror as military posts, became mere dens of strong-thieves. No doubt this made the business of the next able king, Henry II., the easier. He was a staunch man of business, and turned himself with his whole soul towards the establishment of order and the consolidation of the monarchy, which accordingly took a great stride under him towards its ultimate goal of bureaucracy. He would probably have carried the business still farther, since in his contest with the Church, in spite of the canonization of Beckett and the king’s formal penance at his tomb, he had in fact gained a victory for the Crown which it never really lost again; but in his days England was only a part of the vast dominion of his House, which included more than half of France, and his struggle with his feudatories and the French king, which sowed the seed of the loss of that dominion to the English Crown, took up much of his life, and finally beat him.  WITH WHICH THE LAND WAS DOTTED AND WHICH WERE BEGUN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CONQUEROR AS MILITARY POSTS BECAME MERE DENS OF STRONG THIEVES NO DOUBT THIS MADE THE BUSINESS OF THE NEXT ABLE KING HENRY THE SECOND THE EASIER HE WAS A STAUNCH MAN OF BUSINESS AND TURNED HIMSELF WITH HIS WHOLE SOUL TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ORDER AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE MONARCHY WHICH ACCORDINGLY TOOK A GREAT STRIDE UNDER HIM TOWARDS ITS ULTIMATE GOAL OF BUREAUCRACY HE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE CARRIED THE BUSINESS STILL FARTHER SINCE IN HIS CONTEST WITH THE CHURCH IN SPITE OF THE CANONISATION OF BECKET AND THE KING'S FORMER PENANCE AT HIS TOMB HE HAD IN FACT GAINED A VICTORY FOR THE CROWN WHICH IT NEVER REALLY LOST AGAIN BUT IN HIS DAYS ENGLAND WAS ONLY A PART OF THE VAST DOMINION OF HIS HOUSE WHICH INCLUDED MORE THAN HALF OF FRANCE AND HIS STRUGGLE WITH HIS FEUDATORIES IN THE FRENCH KING WHICH SOWED THE SEED OF THE LOSS OF THAT DOMINION TO THE ENGLISH CROWN TOOK UP MUCH OF HIS LIFE AND FINALLY BEAT HIM
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