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About one hundred years after Alfred the Great, there was a king of England named Canute. King Canute was a Dane. But the Danes were not so fierce and cruel as they had been when they were at war with King Alfred.

The men and officers who were around King Canute were always praising him.

"You are the greatest man that ever lived," one would say.

Then another would say, "Oh king! There can never be another man so great as you."

And another would say, "Great Can...