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.
I realize their limitations, but they were elegant birds.
ReplyDeleteNo shortage of fresh air when flying in one of them
ReplyDeleteAlso, it does make marvel at the amount of thought and energy we put in to making devices to kill or maim one another
ReplyDeleteJust a new propellor & she'll be right as rain!
ReplyDeletecrankshaft may need inspection. sudden stoppage and all that.
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