King Arthur chose a company of the nobles to rule with him, and as they sat with him at a Round Table, they were known as the Knights of the Round Table. Tennyson, the great English poet, has written in verse an account of all the doings of King Arthur and his knights in a long poem called “The Idylls of the King,” which you will have to read yourself, for we must go on to the next story.
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“Being Good”
What do you mean by “being good”?
The Teutons thought “being good” meant being brave.
The Athenians thought whatever was beautiful was “good.”
The Stoics thought “not caring” was “being good.”
The Epicureans thought having a good time was “being good.”
The martyrs thought “being good” meant suffering and dying for Christ’s sake.