Days in the Life

May 9, 2003

glory past... This city is awash in the trappings of empire and greatness, even as the march of history has long since passed on to other things. Here, Victoria gazes serenely upon her subjects, surveying the remains of the domain upon which the sun never set. Perhaps, after all, greatness is best revealed not so much by magnanimity on the ascent, but rather with the graciousness shown during the inevitable decline.Victoria, Queen of the Empire, gazes upon her domain in St. James Park, outside Buckingham Palace

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