Wonderful synthesis. Your observation that he was chosen is acute and really quite important. By being chosen, he is a product of logos itself, his appointment is ordered by Nature. Leaders who are clamoring for (more) power without responsibly managing that which is already within their sphere of influence are trying to bend Nature. They don't have "the mark of a soul in readiness".

It conjures an image of the knight kneeling to receive his title and duty. We must do our best with what we have, not conquest for more before we're ready.