Justice and steadfastness

Text: IMPAVIDVM FERIENT RVINAE
The ruins would smite him undismayed.

Extract from Odae. 3.3,1-8
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum
Non civium ardor prava iubentium,
Non voltus instantis tyranni
Mente quatit solida neque Auster, Dux inquieti turbidus Hadriae,
Nee fulminantis magna manus Iovis;
Si fractus inlabatur orbis,
Impavidum ferient ruinae.

The man tenacious of his purpose in a righteous cause
is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy
of his fellow citizens bidding what is wrong
not by the face of threatening tyrant, not by Auster
Stormy master of the restless Adriatic,
not by the mighty hand of thundering Jove.
Were the vault of heaven to break and fall upon him,
its ruins would smite him undismayed.

Ruins in the background. The lines in the background are probably the lightning of Jove, or fractures in the vault of heaven
The book is about the man that keep to justice and steadfastness. The person standing is the personification of the hero who withstands the destruction.

Michel 549, Sassone 400, AFA 481

Date of issue: 1936

Face value: 30 c.

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Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:49