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Re: Queen Margaret
Well said, Niven, as is everything you've contributed
to the list. I can remember my grandfather saying
that ancestors are not to lean upon, but to live up
to. How lucky we are to have such guidelines for
living!
Penny
---Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk> wrote:
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Dear Laurel,<br>
<br>
I have contacted my antiquarian bookshops and put in
an order for
"St Margaret Queen of Scotland" written<br>
by Alan J. Wilson and, as soon as I can obtain a
copy, it will be sent to
you<br>
<br>
In front of me (as I type this reply) I have a small
pamphlet which was
prepared by Wendy Sinclair for the<br>
900th Commemoration of St Margaret's death in 1993.<br>
<br>
Wendy writes:<br>
<br>
"I found the subject of this booklet a most
challenging,
intriguing and perilous<br>
walk through a very difficult period of
history in which
facts and legends were<br>
closely interwoven".<br>
<br>
This has always been my own difficulty and I was
pleased to find that it
was also shared by the author of "The<br>
Sinclairs of England" (Thomas Sinclair, M.A.) who
wrote:<br>
<br>
"To give breathing room, it may be said that the
element of
uncertainty is continually<br>
present in all genealogical and historic
details". He goes on to say: "The wings
of<br>
imagination must not be clipped too closely.
Mythology
has its own particular charm<br>
as it undoubtedly carries its very invaluable
offering of
truth to the eyes and hearts of <br>
those who know its right worthy message".<br>
<br>
Having made this point, it should be added that the
Norse sagas were
considered to be largely mythological.<br>
We now know that they are probably amongst the most
accurate of
historical documents.<br>
<br>
History is also to be found:<br>
<br>
in the faces of people<br>
in the language they speak<br>
on the land beneath our feet<br>
in our traditions, customs and
superstitions<br>
and in our genes because:<br>
<b><i>'that which is born in the bone<br>
can never be driven out of the blood'<br>
<br>
</b></i>Charlotte in her e-mail yesterday said that
she had been brought
up to believe that being a St Clair/Sinclair was
the<br>
greatest gift of all. That remark brought a tear to
my eye.
It said it all. We have an exceptional lineage of
which we<br>
can all be justifiably proud but, with it, comes
responsibilities
and obligations.<br>
<br>
You may ask: "What can I do?"<br>
<br>
You can join your Clan Association so that you and
your children can get
strength and inspiration from our past history.<br>
<br>
<b><i>We are nothing without our roots</b></i>. Our
children need
to know about their roots so that they can be given
the strength<br>
to survive in the increasingly tormented and troubled
World which they
are about to inherit. They need to know that being<br>
a Sinclair/St Clair <b><i>is</b></i> the greatest
gift of all and, in
that knowledge, let them walk humbly, speak softly
and act
courageously.<br>
<br>
"Guts", as Churchill once said , "is only another
word for
courage but it is the one quality which guarantees
everything
else". <br>
<br>
It has been the hallmark of the Sinclairs for a
thousand turbulent and
tempestuous years.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Niven Sinclair
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