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.
They would if they were mine. My chisels are quite a motley crew.
ReplyDeleteMine too, but they're sharp, and they can do the job.
ReplyDeleteI have a set of Irwin Marples. Not as pretty as those, but functional.
ReplyDeleteAm I misreading this picture, or are the blades on these about half used up? They look more like wood lathe tools to me...
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