A sense of certainty, impetuosity and impatience
are traits of the young and the confident who
know the answers before questions are asked. It
is not they who are assigned to positions of
public trust but the venerated elderly who have
left those traits behind and assumed those of
patience and empathy through long familiarity
with life and the minds of men. Not to condemn
but to listen and advise. Where the young see no
reason ever to excuse their excesses the elderly
sigh and beg pardon of those they have offended.
Little wonder that eyes turned to the presence of
a primate whose position in the orders of religious
devotion is that of the ultimate authority. Little
wonder he assumed the role of great conciliator
bringing his elderly, ailing presence to an audience
demanding his attention so he could humbly beg
their forgiveness, not for a sin he committed but
one that human nature and the history of humanity
have a penchant for committing time and time again.
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