And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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Viking sword, 9th or 10th century, Danish.
"The Rus raised their swords and shields before launching a raucous and fierce charge."
It was a tough age filled with tough people - and monks willing to hoard treasure which the Danes and Norse took with ease.
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