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.
Having climbed up one about 50 feet, I agree. I'm not a Harbor Pilot, I was boarding the USS Germantown. The small boat winch could take X number of bodies. I was X+1. I got to climb.
Avast, ye lubbers, and use your belaying pins on the scoundrel!
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DeleteMakes you wonder how those Somali pirates in their little boats can pull it off.
ReplyDeleteThose harbor pilots earn their pay.
ReplyDeleteHaving climbed up one about 50 feet, I agree. I'm not a Harbor Pilot, I was boarding the USS Germantown. The small boat winch could take X number of bodies. I was X+1. I got to climb.
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