SC - Another Andalus question- easier

[Philip & Susan Troy]

>So, are you going to tell us, or do I have to call you a story tease?

It is a very famous story.

Canute was a very great king, ruler of Denmark, Norway and England, and no
man has done that since. So it is no surprise that there were flatterers at
his court, one of whom, in listing the powers of the king, said that he had
rule over earth and sea, and the very tide must obey him. Canute asked him
if indeed that was so--that the tide would do his bidding--and the
courtiers answered that it would.

So the king commanded his retinue, the flatterer among them, to the
seashore at low tide, and there held court. When the tide began to turn, he
stood up, held out his hand,  commanded the tide to stay out, and then
continued the business of court--while the water gradually rose about the
courtiers' feet. When it got sufficiently deep to make his point for him,
he permitted them back to shore.

Not even so great a king can command the tide. Still less can any kind made
falsehood truth or truth falsehood.

David Friedman
Professor of Law
Santa Clara University
ddfr at best.com
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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