The words "Nelson Mandela is dead" feel strange in my mouth today, almost impossible to say, given the unique way he was both martyred and canonised during his lifetime... He is a peak of moral authority, rising above the soulless wasteland of the 20th century; he is a universal symbol for goodness and wisdom, for the ability to change, and the power of reconciliation.
May we all learn something from the legacy that Nelson Mandela has left us. As a colleague said today, "we are all better off for Nelson Mandela having passed through our world. I have very few heroes, but he is one of them."
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