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.
It was during one of those expeditions to Ireland on the longboat that I "met" the current Mrs. CW, who was a youthful freckled Celtic milkmaid at the time. No one warned her we were coming ashore, and the rest is - ahem - history.
Nowadays, I've retired my sword, battle-ax and helm, and she's made me respectable. It's the story of life from time immemorial, isn't it?
I know, it bites.
ReplyDeleteIt was during one of those expeditions to Ireland on the longboat that I "met" the current Mrs. CW, who was a youthful freckled Celtic milkmaid at the time. No one warned her we were coming ashore, and the rest is - ahem - history.
DeleteNowadays, I've retired my sword, battle-ax and helm, and she's made me respectable. It's the story of life from time immemorial, isn't it?
Why didn't you hand her the helm? Then ya could have kept your sword and battle ax...
DeleteThey are only over if you let them be. We need more berserkers.
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