Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
Les Plaisirs de L'ile enchantée (day 3)

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King as "presence" watching the whales and a sea monster. Over the years, the king with his courtiers was so engrossed with such spectacles as these, that the monarchy, instead of producing an ideology to build the state, bankrupted the state, leaving the borders undefended, and the country prey to power groups focused upon taking over the state. The excuse for having such a monarchy that "knew" it was superior to its people was the great contributions made to the state. What contributions? Whales? Sea monsters? Bankruptcy? Instability?

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