I like to say 'Reign' is the '24' of the pre-Renaissance. I think we're going to take a lot of liberties with history, as well as extend it over a longer period of time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.
Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country has undergone, and in the future, it could be used as a lesson for our future actions.
Any period is fascinating: the more ancient, the better.
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.
I've learned that even the word 'jubilee' used in connection with the Reformation can give rise to discussions.
I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.
This is an exciting time. I believe we stand at the edge of a new age - a Golden Age - of freedom that will rival any of the great eras of world history because it will be the entire world itself that is changing.
This young century will be liberty's century.
As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.
I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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