The expulsion from Greece of King Otho in 1862 and the Greeks’ decision to offer the throne of their kingdom to Alfred, the second son of Queen Victoria, provided a good opportunity for commenting on national progress for the following two years. Through the description of the gloomy condition of Greece, all the errors and omissions that a state should avoid in its struggle for political stability and material improvement were exhibited. Moreover, British comments celebrated the ‘exemplary’, the principles of government, the material and the scientific advancement that had given Britain its world supremacy. On the whole, British confidence in the reforming power of economic progress remained strong enough to enable writers to believe in the abilities of the Greeks to advance in ‘modern civilization’. In a sense, the debate occasioned by the case of Greece was enlarged upon in the question of the elements of national strength. Within this wider perspective, commentary and judgmental pronouncements on other...

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1862–4年，向希腊输出王子，思想和机构：维多利亚时代中期英国对世界立场和使命的看法

1862年，希腊人驱逐了奥索国王（King Otho），希腊人决定将其王国的宝座提供给维多利亚女王的次子阿尔弗雷德（Alfred），这为评论此后两年的国家进步提供了一个很好的机会。通过对希腊悲观状况的描述，展示了一个国家在争取政治稳定和物质进步时应避免的所有错误和遗漏。此外，英国的评论赞扬了赋予英国以世界统治地位的“榜样”，政府原则，物质和科学进步。总体而言，英国人对经济进步的改革力量仍然充满信心，足以使作家相信希腊人在“现代文明”中前进的能力。从某种意义上说 在国力要素的问题上扩大了希腊案件引起的辩论。从这个更广泛的角度来看，对其他...的评论和判断性声明。