DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS 



1814 



DIVING 



accompaniments to the current of thought 

 which, as in dreams, may be influenced by 

 undercurrents of desire and anticipation, and 

 thus make plausible the use of the power 

 (which is very unequally distributed) for pur- 

 poses of divination. J-J. 



u. -Inline to Various Beliefs. The articles 

 on the following topics, while not bearing on divi- 

 nation, are of interest in this connection. 



awkward in the air because they hold them- 

 selves stiffly in the position in which they 

 leave the board, but a graceful diver seems to 

 move in the air with as much freedom and 



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DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS, the belief that 

 sovereigns derive their authority to rule, not 

 from the consent or desire of their subjects, 

 but directly from God, whom they represent; 

 in other words, those who subscribe to such a 

 creed believe "the king can do no wrong." 

 This doctrine reached its highest development 

 in England during the time of the Stuarts, and 

 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It 

 is still maintained by some in theory, but has 

 ceased to have a practical political meaning, 

 for even in strong monarchies the people are 

 more and more holding their rulers to strict 

 accountability. The term came into use in a 

 general way in the seventeenth century. It has 

 also a religious application, an example being 

 the doctrine of the infallibility of the Pope. 

 See STUART, HOUSE OF. 



DIVING. Merely "to plunge into water 

 headforemost" (this is the dictionary's first 

 definition of the word dive) does not sound 

 particularly pleasant. But anyone who has 

 learned to dive or one who has watched boys 

 and girls, and grown-ups, too, dive from a board 

 and clamber quickly out of the water for "just 

 one more turn," no matter how many plunges 

 they have taken knows that there are few 

 sports more fascinating. Good divers know, 

 too, that nothing gives the individual such per- 

 fect control over all his muscles as the repeated 

 effort to dive well. 



In a diving contest the judges mark the per- 

 formers for their proficiency in three things 

 gracefulness while in the air, ability to enter 

 the water without splashing and ease in emerg- 

 ing from it. Inexperienced divers appear 



A GOOD DIVE 



If this boy straightens his left leg, throws his 

 toes even farther back and does not bend his 

 hips until he is completely submerged, he will 

 enter the water with scarcely a splash. 



self-control as on land. Smoothness in entering 

 the water comes from holding the body in a 

 straight line from finger-tip to toe's-end. 

 When the body is half under water the back 



A POOR DIVE 



This boy will splash gallons of water, because 

 his arms and legs are spread apart and his body 

 is bent at the hips. 



can be bent and the head and arms pointed 

 upward, but, unless carefully controlled, an up- 

 turn started before the feet are submerged will 

 cause the legs to drag. 



Deep-Sea Diving. To go down among the 

 fishes and the queer creatures of the ocean 



