softly and carry a big stick". Roosevelt was the force behind the completion of the Panama Canal; he sent out the Great White Fleet to display American power, and he negotiated an end to the Russo-Japanese War, for which he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt declined to run for re-election in 1908. After leaving office, he embarked on a safari to Africa and a trip to Europe. On his return to the US, a rift developed between Roosevelt and his anointed successor as President, William Howard Taft. Roosevelt attempted in 1912 to wrest the Republican nomination from Taft, and when he failed, he launched the Bull Moose Party. In the election, Roosevelt became the only third party candidate to come in second place, beating Taft but losing to Woodrow Wilson. After the election, Roosevelt embarked on a major expedition to South America; the river on which he traveled now bears his name. He contracted
118th Psalm's twenty-third line, through the city on the eve of the in Latin: "A Domino factum est coronation ceremony. illud, et est mirabile in oculis Elizabeth's open and gracious responses endeared her to the spectators. notris" "It is the Lord's doing, The following day, 15 January 1559, and it is marvellous in our eyes." Elizabeth was crowned at Westminster On 20 November 1558, Abbey and anointed by the Catholic Elizabeth declared her intentions bishop of Carlisle. to her Council and other peers who had come to Hatfield to swear allegiance. Marriage questions From the start of Elizabeth's reign, it was expected that she would marry and the question arose whom. She never did, although she She considered several suitors until received many offers for her hand; she was about fifty. Her last courtship the reasons for this are not clear
261 T H E W R I T E R ' S JOURNEY ~ T H I R D EDITION Christopher Vogler would try to run him off, but the more wise and compassionate Mufasa would let him approach the child. I had the impulse to accentuate the ritualistic aspects of the moment, referring to the rituals of baptism and christening, or the coronation ceremonies in which a new king or queen is anointed on the forehead with holy oil. Rafiki would bless the baby lion, perhaps with berry juice or some substance from the jungle. One of the animators said Rafiki already carried a stick with strange gourds tied to it, and came up with the idea of Rafiki cracking open one of the gourds in a mysterious gesture and marking the lion cub with a colorful liquid. The Mentor marks the Hero as a chosen leader.