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King Canute has the reputation of being an arrogant man
who had his chair carried to the seaside and ordered the
waves of the advancing sea to recede. This is just the
opposite of what the story intended to demonstrate.
He grew tired of the flattery of his courtiers, who even
went so far as to tell him that he could halt the very
waves of the sea. He took them down to the waterfront
to show them that this was not true, and to show them
how foolish they were.
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