Nelson Mandela

I thought about my post on the Folger Library last night when I heard Nelson Mandela had died, particularly about my bit on him in that post. Among many, many things he was, like the Bard, a true man of words. As all the great Mandela quotes flowed into my cybersphere last night (here's my favorite by the way: "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."), I remembered how I was stuck by the Julius Caesar quote he had highlighted while imprisoned (for 27 years!) on Robbin Island:

Indeed. Rest in peace Mr. Mandela.