The prince personifies their national spirit, unifies them under a mission, and inspires an intergenerational will to live. He directs men in fulfilling the dominion mandate—to fulfill man’s nature.31 He inspires noble action, sacrifice, and common affection, and he casts a vision for national greatness. “We all love great men,” said Thomas Carlyle. “Ah, does not every true man feel that he is himself made higher by doing reverence to what is really above him?”
