discedam

Updated: January 20, 2026

With far more justice than it was originally used, he may adopt the beautiful exclamation "O præclarum illum diem, cum ad illud divinum animorum concilium coetumque proficiscar, atque ex hac turba et colluvione discedam!"

William Wilberforce - A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.