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 cheated and looked him up. Honestly I've never heard of him and I'm not revealing his name. However, at first glance I thought it might be Eden Ahbez.
"Confessions of a barbarian" and "The fools progress" are also terrific reads. I will admit though, I keep a tatterd copy of Soliraire in my hiking pack for those time you NEED a good bedtime read in camp.
The Monkey Wrench Gang!
ReplyDeleteI cheated and looked him up. Honestly I've never heard of him and I'm not revealing his name. However, at first glance I thought it might be Eden Ahbez.
ReplyDeleteditto. Plus numerous other books well worth the time to read.
ReplyDeleteditto to Timberdoodle.
DeleteI think it's Edward Abbey, once the sole resident of Arches National Park. If so, crusty describes him well.
ReplyDeleteI name him "Jake." He looks like a Jake.
ReplyDelete...Or do you mean "tell me who he is"?
Edward Paul Abbey. Read his Desert Solitaire please; wonderful.
ReplyDelete"Confessions of a barbarian" and "The fools progress" are also terrific reads. I will admit though, I keep a tatterd copy of Soliraire in my hiking pack for those time you NEED a good bedtime read in camp.
DeleteYep, Edward Abbey and how I wish he and George Carlin would be here to hear their commentary of current events.
ReplyDeleteThis Anonymous - agree - God to hear'em rail now!
DeleteWhere the hell the rail?!
None of you are correct. Has to be Mark Twain.
ReplyDeleteBruce. He looks like a Bruce.
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