JP's Favorite Latin Phrase

Sic transit gloria. If not already persuaded, ask yourself about Lord Kitchener, what comes to mind? Do you think about the hero of the Nile, the man who subdued the Dervishes and liberated Sudan, the man who was an international icon for the British empire and a personal hero for contemporary Britons? Or, if you even recognize the name as signifying anything beyond a WWI datum, do you think of the Uncle Sam prototypical recruitment posters? Maybe you are familiar with the institution under his command in South Africa of the first concentration camps? In Memoriam of a great man, in terms of magnitude of influence there can be a consensus, I offer an article on his death in the North of Scotland, which proved a horrendous blow to the British people of the time.

For simple biographical information, see here.