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.
Sunday, June 14, 2020
My favorite of the Lewis Chessmen.
Runner up is the pawn biting the top of his shield.
According to Wikipedia the guy biting his shield is not a pawn but a berserker Warder (equivalent to a modern day rook). The pawns are featureless lumps.
Would love to see the rest. I'm hoping the queens have a Lady MacBeth look about them.
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According to Wikipedia the guy biting his shield is not a pawn but a berserker Warder (equivalent to a modern day rook). The pawns are featureless lumps.
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