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The cult of Alfred was a popular cult, from the darkness of the ninth century to the deepening twilight of the twentieth. It is wholly as a popular legend that I deal with him here. I write as one ignorant of everything, except that I have found the legend of a King of Wessex still alive in the land. THE CULT OF ALFRED WAS A POPULAR CULT FROM THE DARKNESS OF THE NINTH CENTURY TO THE DEEPENING TWILIGHT OF THE TWENTIETH IT IS WHOLLY AS A POPULAR LEGEND THAT I DEAL WITH HIM HERE I WRITE AS ONE IGNORANT OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT THAT I HAVE FOUND THE LEGEND OF A KING OF WESSEX STILL ALIVE IN THE LAND
u may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Ballad of the White Horse Author: G.K. Chesterton Posting Date: September 21, 2008 [EBook #1719] Release Date: April, 1999 [Last updated: July 16, 2011] Language: English *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE *** Produced by Paul Bonner, and Martin Ward THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE By G.K. Chesterton Prefatory Note: This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical. All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history. King Alfred is not a legend in the sense that King Arthur may be a legend; that is, in the sense that he may possibly be a lie. But King Alfred is a legend in this broader and more human sense, that the legends are the most important things about him.  PREFATORY NOTE AND DEDICATION OF THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE BY G CHESTERTON PREFATORY NOTE THIS BALLAD NEEDS NO HISTORICAL NOTES FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT IT DOES NOT PROFESS TO BE HISTORICAL ALL OF IT THAT IS NOT FRANKLY FICTITIOUS AS IN ANY PROSE ROMANCE ABOUT THE PAST IS MEANT TO EMPHASIZE TRADITION RATHER THAN HISTORY KING ALFRED IS NOT A LEGEND IN THE SENSE THAT KING ARTHUR MAY BE A LEGEND THAT IS IN THE SENSE THAT HE MAY POSSIBLY BE A LIE BUT KING ALFRED IS A LEGEND IN THIS BROADER AND MORE HUMAN SENSE THAT THE LEGENDS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT HIM
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