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    Government and Governance
    Government and Governance
    Government and Governance
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    Government and Governance

    By Adrian Poniatowski

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    A book needed in our times: commentary on the proper role of government and governance that respects the dignity of man.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdrian Poniatowski
    Release dateJan 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301360444
    Government and Governance
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    Adrian Poniatowski

    Adrian Poniatowski is a twenty four year old medical student. His hobbies include writing in calligraphy, singing, sailing, and flying sailplanes. His motto as an artist is “Ars neptis Dei,” a paraphrase from Dante’s Comedia meaning “Art is the granddaughter of God.”

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      Government and Governance - Adrian Poniatowski

      De Regne et Regimine

      _______________

      On Government and Governance

      Adrianus Gregorius Poniatovius

      Smashwords Edition. Copyright 2013 by Adrian Poniatowski.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the work of the Author.

      Frontispiece: The Prussian Homage, by Jan Matejko. The scene, as imagined by the artist (one of the finest of Poland’s long history and artistic tradition) is the climax of a three hundred year old struggle between the Polish Crown and the Teuton Knights over dominance in what was Royal Prussia, later East Prussia when ceded to the Prussian kingdom under the terms of a treaty. At the time, Zygmunt the Old, seated in majesty, had the option of destroying the insolent Knights and their principality, absorbing the lands into the Crown. The other option was what eventually happened: the creation of a royal fief, in which the defrocked and defeated Knights still held a position of influence, but absolutely subordinate to the interests of the Crown. The hope was that the solution would a host of problems, such as in administration, while the Prussian threat could be easily quelled once again. The arrangement worked well in Poland’s Golden Age, but would prove to be a field sown with the seeds of disaster in the coming centuries, when her neighbors encroached upon the rich Commonwealth. As said before, the fief eventually was joined with the Prussian kingdom, which rose steadily in power. The rest, as is said, is history. The event serves as a parable for the statesman, reflected in the worried gaze of Stanczyk, the respected court jester, to destroy the viper when it is already vanquished.

      Dedication

      To my Mother

      To my Father

      To my Brothers

      My Lords and My Life

      In Christ Jesus

      Ad legate

      This book is not to be labeled as any part of any philosophy, even though it draws on many sources of inspiration and many observations. It draws, firstly, on God, without Whom no adequately complete understanding of man or his reality is possible. Secondly, it draws on man himself, a blessed handiwork of the Almighty, the object of His love and concern. This book must not be political yet I see no way it cannot be, for it appeals to hopes, needs, ambitions, and wrongs universal in the human condition. I ask then, gentle Reader, do the impossible, and place this above strife. Let it speak, only the judge its authority. Perhaps only time will render these words their due reverence, if there is any reverence due at all, for is it not that the children love more the work of their grandparents than the work of their equals? Let this be my message to the people of my age, and its wisdom a gift to posterity.

      Adrian Grzegorz Poniatowski

      Brewster, New York

      The Feast of Mary, Mother of God

      Pronaque cum spectent animalia cetera terram,

      os homini sublime dedit caelumque videre

      iussit et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus:

      Whereas other animals look grovelling at the ground,

      to man he gave an countenance gazing, and beckoned him to see

      the Heavens, and to raise his face to the stars.

      Ovid, Metamorphoses I.84-86

      Book I

      On Government

      The Art of Governance

      I

      The art of governance is the highest achievement of human civilization. It is the progenitor and perfector of civilization itself, and demands of the men of state who practice it the highest of human virtues: wisdom, honesty, compassion, justice, prudence, sacrifice, and caritas. When done correctly, nations flourish, and by the Grace of the Spirit the City of Man doth convert evermore and impresses upon itself the City of God and the civilization of love. But when wielded by men of low character and lower motives, it becomes itself the cause and modus of the death of civilization. The mind of society is gripped by dreadful disorder, and the rest of the body falls into spasm and

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