A Hero For All Times. By Eric Smith

If ever there was a human being who deserved to live a long, long life, and die a restful, peaceful death, it was Nelson Mandela (1918-2013). Of course too many years of his were robbed; a theft that can never be repaid but at least Fate was kind enough not to consign him to martyrdom as it it has so many others and it allowed him to live long enough to hear the cheers, and rightly proclaimed not only as a legend in our time, but for all time. We who are old enough to remember him in life will pass on his living memory to those yet unborn and in their hearts, their hopes, and their dreams, the Flame of Liberty that burned in the bosom of Nelson Mandela for all of his life, will burn anew in lives for whom he himself will be but a distant memory. He gave the world the most precious gift that he could possibly give; himself, and history will rightly record that humanity as a whole was made all the richer for it. Rest in Peace Mr. Nelson Mandela. Though now forever gone, forever shall you'll be remembered.