When Arthur was a young boy, he was taught by an old magician who knew the future because it composed his past. The old necromancer taught Arthur many things, lessons only a magician could teach. He would turn his pupil into different creatures and put him in different places so Arthur could learn on his own. The magician, Merlyn believed that “Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance”(46). Through all of his …showed first 75 words of 1054 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1054 total…hopes, dreams, and forethought with a man who has the internal strength to carry King Arthurs torch, the candle in the wind. Arthur has left all of his wisdom and knowledge with Tom of Warwick. The most important thing The Once And Future King is passing down to his successors is the hope that some day mankind will be able to rise above or most primitive instict to over come situations using reason-our minds freedom.