Word: orbis
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...Italians shouting "Il Papa! Il Papa!" in the rain are a powerful inducement, especially when they keep it up for four solid hours. Relenting at last, the vicar of Christ briefly appeared and adequately blessed the sopping flock, but he did not impart the especially potent blessing "Urbi et Orbi!" ("to the city and to the world...
...country his speeches were direct, forceful and efficient; but he was no orator, and no man has ever rightly said of him that he was in any sense demagogic. He hated publicity and one of his favorite phrases was: "I don't think we need publish this urbi et orbi." His ability at quoting the classics was remarkable. In a famous letter to Lord Rosebery he states that he does not wish to become Leader of the Opposition, but that he would accept if the choice fell upon him. "If it should turn out otherwise, I should exclaim with...
...demands "urbi et orbi" our recognition of the de facto government in Russia. Is it as a shining example of that mercy to fallen enemies he extols so highly? And are these worthy to be named in the same breath with France...