Morgan freeman says the "declaration was meant to be spoken rather than simply read" to portrays that when the declaration was published the right thing to do was to follow, support and believe it so to say "spoken" from the heart but rather what happened was the declaration was simply "read" which suggests that it was not treated with value rather read like some common story.
the characteristic that is present in the story is that Grendel is not brave enough, rather hi is described as a coward character who battle when the guards fall asleep.
Torres was ejected from the game because it was his second unsportsmanlike penalty in that game alone. He was high stepping as he scored a touchdown which led to a being thrown because they believed Torres was 'taunting' his opponents.