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== Quotes about Alfred ==
== Quotes about Alfred ==
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[[File:KingAlfredsTowerStatue.png |thumb|The Founder of the [[English]] <br /> [[Monarchy|MONARCHY]] and [[Liberty|LIBERTY]].]]
[[File:King Alfred the Great.jpg|thumb|right|Alfred is no [[fairy tale]];<br> His [[days]] as our days ran… [[G. K. Chesterton]] ]]
[[File:King Alfred the Great.jpg|thumb|right|Alfred is no [[fairy tale]];<br> His [[days]] as our days ran… [[G. K. Chesterton]] ]]
[[File:Statue of King Alfred in Wantage Market Square.jpg|thumb|right|We discern across the centuries a commanding and versatile [[intelligence]], wielding with equal [[force]] the [[sword]] of [[war]] and of [[justice]]; using in defence arms and policy; cherishing [[religion]], [[learning]], and [[art]] in the midst of [[adversity]] and [[danger]]; welding together a [[nation]], and seeking always across the feuds and [[hatreds]] of the age a [[peace]] which would [[smile]] upon the land. ~ [[Winston Churchill]] ]]
[[File:Statue of King Alfred in Wantage Market Square.jpg|thumb|right|We discern across the centuries a commanding and versatile [[intelligence]], wielding with equal [[force]] the [[sword]] of [[war]] and of [[justice]]; using in defence arms and policy; cherishing [[religion]], [[learning]], and [[art]] in the midst of [[adversity]] and [[danger]]; welding together a [[nation]], and seeking always across the feuds and [[hatreds]] of the age a [[peace]] which would [[smile]] upon the land. ~ [[Winston Churchill]] ]]
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[[File:KingAlfredStatueWantage.jpg|thumb|A [[saint]] without [[superstition]], a [[scholar]] without ostentation, a warrior all whose [[wars]] were fought in the defence of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained by [[cruelty]], a prince never cast down by [[adversity]], never lifted up to insolence in the day of [[triumph]] – there is no other [[name]] in [[history]] to compare with his. ~ [[w:Edward Augustus Freeman|Edward A. Freeman]] ]]
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[[File:King Alfred Statue Wantage.jpg|thumb|A [[saint]] without [[superstition]], a [[scholar]] without ostentation, a warrior all whose [[wars]] were fought in the defence of his country, a conqueror whose laurels were never stained by [[cruelty]], a prince never cast down by [[adversity]], never lifted up to insolence in the day of [[triumph]] – there is no other [[name]] in [[history]] to compare with his. ~ [[w:Edward Augustus Freeman|Edward A. Freeman]] ]]
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* '''ALFRED The [[Light]] of a Benighted Age <br /> Was a [[Philosopher]] and a [[Christian]] <br /> The Father of his [[People]] <br /> The Founder of the [[English]] <br /> [[Monarchy|MONARCHY]] and [[Liberty|LIBERTY]].'''
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** [[Anonymous]] dedication on [[w:King Alfred's Tower|King Alfred's Tower]] (1772)
* ''Cui ab incunabulis ante omnia et cum omnibus praesentis vitae studiis, sapientiae desiderium cum nobilitate generis, nobilis mentis ingenium supplevit.''
* ''Cui ab incunabulis ante omnia et cum omnibus praesentis vitae studiis, sapientiae desiderium cum nobilitate generis, nobilis mentis ingenium supplevit.''
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* '''It grounds secular law upon Scripture, especially upon the principle of [[mercy]].''' Alfred thus located his law code in a biblical lineage. His historical anthology of legal texts explains that the [[nature]] of [[Christian]] [[law]] is a [[system]] of [[justice]] in which mercy subsists.
* '''It grounds secular law upon Scripture, especially upon the principle of [[mercy]].''' Alfred thus located his law code in a biblical lineage. His historical anthology of legal texts explains that the [[nature]] of [[Christian]] [[law]] is a [[system]] of [[justice]] in which mercy subsists.
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** Michael Treschow, on Alfred's Prologue to his [[w:Doom book|Doom Book]] in "The Prologue to Alfred’s Law Code: Instruction in the Spirit of Mercy'', in ''Florilegium'' 13, (1994) p. 82
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** Michael Treschow, on Alfred's Prologue to his [[w:Doom book|Doom Book]] in "The Prologue to Alfred’s Law Code: Instruction in the Spirit of Mercy", in ''Florilegium'' 13, (1994) p. 82
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