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The Most Revd Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1999)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2010

Anthony Bowen
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University of Cambridge
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QUALEM uirum hodie commendo et qualem ante biennio binos talis uiros eiusdem populi principes raro fortasse contigerit ut idem collaudarit orator.

incipias hunc, Musa, uelim laudare secundis

a petaso, qui olim Sophiae sublatus in urbest.

ibat forte uia puer hic cum matre; salutat

sublato petaso quidam albus homo isque sacerdos.

matre salutata puer admiratur ab albo.

post patitur morbum: per tempora longa iacentem

is uisit firmatque bono sermone sacerdos.

quid tradat senior iuueni exempli bene dicat

is cui mox eadem doctrina probata sit et mos.

huius uiri memorari tempora poterant cum pro concilio ecclesiarum ab epistulis factus, cum prouinciae praefectus, cum Nobeliano praemio pacis ornatus est; reputemus potius quid sit ab eo diligentiae et laboris exspectandum cui tanta mandentur munera, et qua spe, qua patientia sua, quo amore et approbatione praesertim iuniorum hic agat. omnia deo commendat precibus: hinc et a familia fiducia uiresque sunt omnes.

Pastor sum, aiebat; in forum descendere nolo. sed eis prohibitis qui pro parte suorum acturi fuissent, uix alius supererat qui domi foris oraret obsecraret, ut de omni rei publicae ratione quaereret is qui Christum confiteretur istane quadrari cum hoc posset, ut et deum ames et idem uicinum; nam non pro uno sese confiteri Christum quemquam. suauis autem est et uehementer saepe utilis iocus et facetiae;1 in periculo qui risu utatur fortis sit ualde necesse est. fortiter hic rem gessit et strenue.

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Cambridge Orations, 1993–2007
A Selection
, pp. 94 - 95
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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