... ; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchy of God Rais’d impious War in Heav’n and Battel proud With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th’ Ethereal Skie With hideous ruine and ... As from the Center thrice to th’ utmost Pole.9 The proper response to the divine discipline of failed leaders is grief. Quote: “Meditation XVII,” by John Donne. No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be ...
