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The social fabric and culture of New Orleans has been ripped apart and the old knitters of black wool who guard the portal to the heart of darkness can no longer hear the salutation, “Morituri te salutant … I who am about to die, salute you.”
Baghdad on the Bayou: Final Report on Deception and Diaspora in New Orleans 2008
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For anyone who reads this account, anyone who can do something to raise public awareness, the victims with one voice shout, "Morituri te salutant!" in the language of their colonialist oppressors.
Witness to Rape in Congo: "What is the future when the heart of the community is broken?" 2008
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For anyone who reads this account, anyone who can do something to raise public awareness, the victims with one voice shout, "Morituri te salutant!" in the language of their colonialist oppressors.
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The quote should be "Morituri te salutant" if I'm not mistaken.
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Noruagici Insulis, Serenissimum Dani� regem; Dominum et Regem suum hodi� salutant.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Noruagici Insulis, Serenissimum Daniæ regem; Dominum et Regem suum hodiè salutant.
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And now, as the inevitable end drew near, it was as if they would imitate the Roman gladiator with that terrible chorus of his: "Ave Cæsar morituri te salutant."
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey
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"'Ave, Caesar! te morituri salutant,'" he said, still looking at Tommy.
Secret Adversary Agatha Christie 1933
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"'Ave, Caesar! te morituri salutant,'" he said, still looking at Tommy.
The Secret Adversary CHRISTIE, Agatha, Dame 1922
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It is a great thing for the _aficionados_ who may imagine in that bellowing the the gladiator's hail of _Morituri salutant.
Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878
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