Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2382 Mountsofmercy (Part 1)

   There was such a "proposal" in a "guide" for teaching women's charm and manners.

On the eve of St. Andrew's Day, the unmarried girl asks for an apple from the widow, and does not thank her, then cuts the apple in half, eats one half before midnight, and eats the other half after midnight, so that in her sleep the girl can See your future husband.

   St Andrew is considered the patron saint of Scotland and was one of the original apostles. Every year on November 30th is St Andrew's Day in Scotland, a festival filled with celebration, food and Kelly dancing.

So it can also be understood that girls want to be enlightened in their dreams, to see what their future husbands will look like, and then they will find the "dream lover" at the dance, then they will dance to the cheerful music, and then fall in love. , get married, and live happily ever after, as in the fairy tale.

If you eat an apple once and don’t have a dream, then continue to eat it until you have a dream. The girls will not be so honest. Every time you ask a widow for one, every time you ask someone for something, it is impolite to not thank them. Until the apple broke or the eve of St Andrew's Day.

   This "Guide" was not written in Latin, but in German. After Martin Luther's Reformation, many books in Latin were translated into German, and when printing appeared, German became more widespread.

   In other words, it was a very "worldly" book, Georgiana didn't understand German, but she called the staff officer from yesterday, he translated for her, and then he added the classification.

   As for the guidebook that teaches manners and charm, it is classified as "Miscellaneous", which is the largest among the piles, and all the "miscellaneous books" that are difficult to classify are concentrated in that pile.

   She personally thinks that the dance is very important, but the men don't know what they think about it.

   Not being able to invite a partner will put a lot of pressure on them, and the purpose of inviting a partner may not be so simple. They not only want to dance, but also want to spend some time alone with the girl after the show.

  If the women don’t dress up, do things perfunctory, look unattractive and unattractive, and they are hard to be invited at the dance, so how does she explain it to these “rational” scholars?

   After hesitating for a while, she picked up the book, which was to become her private collection in the future.

When the division was almost over, Padma seemed to be very interested in the ball downstairs. Georgiana asked the staff to find Richard Edgeworth, and asked him to temporarily be the guardian of Philip and Padma, and then Padma and Ferrier happily went to the living room.

No matter what the Irish congressman had planned, at least his daughter and his wife, who was one year younger than his daughter, were there, and there shouldn't be any unruly behavior, and then Georgiana let the pile of books related to religion be taken away. Take it to a carriage, and then she rides to the Archbishop.

   In the book she read today, there is a poem written like this:

  Tough times make strong people,

   The mighty make the moments of ease,

  Easy moments make weak people,

  The weak make difficult times.

The poem is written in the era of Pope Clement VII, whose father was Giuliano de' Medici, the one who was stabbed to death in the church of Santa Parella in 1478 people. A month after Giuliano's death, Clement VII was born and brought up by Lorenzo de' Medici. Originally, as the illegitimate child who lost his father, he should have had a very unfortunate life, but Lorenzo, perhaps to compensate Giuliano, was very pampered by this nephew, making him feel no sense of the Italian war and the situation outside.

  If man only obeys the natural law of natural selection and survival of the fittest, then like the people on that desert island, there will be only one or a few men left, who occupy the vast majority of resources. What stopped the last two men from tearing and slaughtering was swearing to the Bible. Although unfortunately one of them died of disease, they knew how to stop, unlike poisonous horned beasts, which were about to become extinct in order to compete for mates.

  No one believed that the Roman Empire would collapse, after all it was so prosperous.

However, after everything happened, the area originally under Roman rule was occupied by barbarians. They did not build roads, drainage pipes or drinking water projects. The city was dirty and messy, and the roads were muddy, but they still insisted on pilgrimage on foot. Many soldiers, priests, etc. All have calluses.

In the 20th century, women wearing high heels had to endure the pain that can be felt when walking or standing in order to be beautiful, just like the little mermaid, although she grew human legs after drinking the witch's potion. , every step is like walking on the tip of a knife.

   No one would wear boots to the ball, even if she didn't expect a prince to look around for her with a glass slipper.

  These pains people endure with joy, why?

   "Whoever wants to transform a country or the whole world, you must know how to kindle hope in people's hearts." Bonaparte told her "The leader is a businessman who sells hope."

   "What if merchants could sell hope?" Georgiana asked rhetorically, "They'll be leaders too?"

   He laughed.

   "What are you laughing at?" asked Figel, who was with her.

   "Pandora hides 'hope' in a magic box, what do you think 'hope' is?" Georgiana asked Figuere.

   She froze for a moment.

   "If you don't tell me, do you think hope can be sold?" Georgiana asked again.

   Figel shook his head.

   "Why?" asked Georgiana.

   "I don't think hope can be sold," Figel said.

  Georgianna laughed, although she did not know why Bonaparte laughed after hearing her question, and Figuere stopped asking her why.

  The distance from the station to the church is not far, and soon the carriage stopped at the entrance of the church, Figuer got off the car first, because a group of people were coming out of the church.

   She left the car door open and looked at the people, who looked at her, but everyone kept quiet and the crowd dispersed silently.

After    and the others were all gone, Georgiana got out of the car, and then she saw Father Roy, the "battle priest", standing at the door. He was wearing a robe and looked like he had just held a mass.

   "Good evening, Father." Georgiana smiled at him.

   "Good evening." Father Roy said with a gentle smile, not at all excited that day.

   "Is the Archbishop here?" asked Georgiana.

   "He's waiting for you," Father Roy said, then took her to the Archbishop's office.

  Although Frederick Frederick the Great did not extend his rule to Belgium, to a certain extent, the Netherlands had become an intellectual vassal of Prussia. After the death of Joseph II, the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II sent troops to re-rule the Netherlands, but Frederick the Great defeated the German Enlightenment with love and justice, and most of Kant's obscure philosophy People can't understand.

His "monarchy" is different from what the East said, "water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize", and it is also different from what Locke's Glorious Revolution said, "if the monarch is unjust, he is a tyrant, and the people have the right to resist or even replace it. This tyrant" is different.

He only emphasized the monarch's obligation to be a wise monarch, and he did not mention what kind of punishment a foolish monarch or a tyrant would suffer. He protected his people like a father and strengthened them, instead of expanding the monarch's power to enslave the people and bring them down Become the victim of the king's wanton abuse.

   Frederick the Great was against Machiavelli, and even said that the monarchy was an evil book, which said that the king should not be the master of the people, but "the first public servant", and his responsibility was to protect the community and its well-being. Satisfied people will not rebel, because their monarch is benevolent, and a benevolent monarch has no fear of losing power. Had it not been for the tyranny of the Spaniards, the Dutch would not have rebelled.

The Dutch are more suitable for the cold of northern Europe and are not used to the heat of the equator. When the Portuguese obeyed the orders of Philip II and stopped doing business with the Netherlands and went to Hamburg, no one could replace them to run to the East India. trade.

  Would they prefer to remain under the Spanish Habsburgs and let the Portuguese continue to run errands for them, or risk their own lives and toss in the sea?

Prussia relies on the sea, but the seaside ports are not theirs. In contrast, although Austria has lost a large area of ​​​​the country, it still has the Adriatic Sea, but the ports from Austria to the Adriatic Sea need to pass through. Crossing the Alps is not something a purely agricultural country can do.

  The gods reattached the chain around Fenrir's neck and lost an arm of Tyr, the **** of war. In the twilight of the gods, Fenrir broke free from the chains and swallowed Odin in one bite.

   It was almost impossible to re-tie the chain on the Demon Wolf. She looked down at the hand in her hand and had no confidence in it.

   At this time, she had come to the Archbishop's office, and he was looking at the documents on the desk.

   It was a scroll of papyrus, old to yellow, in stark contrast to the other fresh white papers on the table.

   "Thank you, Father Roy, you can leave now," said the archbishop.

   "Good night, Bishop." Father Roy bowed before exiting the office.

   "I heard we're going to Brussels?" asked the Archbishop.

   "Just these two days, wait for the notice." Georgiana said, "or do you have other arrangements?"

  The archbishop adjusted his glasses, then stood up, took the papyrus in his hand, and walked over to Georgiana.

   "This is from the Luwen Library, I borrowed it."

   "What is written on it?" asked Georgiana, looking at the Greek characters on it.

"It is an ancient Egyptian's reflection on knowledge and social life, written in the late Ptolemaic Dynasty." The archbishop whispered, "God created day and night, all things appear here, God created stars, and only people on earth can understand The stars, God created sleep to end exhaustion, wakefulness to find food, God created dreams to show the way to the lost."

   "I heard that the Egyptians would perform dream occupation in the temple, even..." She paused here, and the archbishop looked at her strangely.

   "Even what?" he asked.

   "Nothing." Georgiana shook her head. "It's a wonderful poem."

   "I think this is to endow the world with divinity, to combine sacred and secular knowledge, and to integrate the laws of human society with the order of the universe," said the archbishop.

  Georgianna could not argue.

   "I really want to see the original." The archbishop sighed with pity, and put it in Georgiana's hand. "Take it."

   "I can't accept it." She quickly refused.

   "Just treat it as my Christmas present to you." He smiled and said, "Be careful, it's thousands of years old."

  It will take tens of thousands of years for the gem to form, but it is very hard, unlike this thin papyrus, which seems to shatter when touched.

  To avoid breaking it when pushing and rejecting it, Georgiana took it.

   "After I go to Brussels, can I go to the library to look at the books that were taken away?" asked the archbishop.

   "Is it your Christmas present?" Georgiana asked rhetorically.

   The Archbishop laughed, as if she could not understand why Bonaparte laughed, why he laughed.

  What is the man thinking?

   (end of this chapter)