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.
Yes indeed, lots of burls in there. Maybe even some spalting too.
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ReplyDeleteThese days a man could retire on what that amount of wood would cost.
ReplyDeleteJust the boards that look like ebony leaning on the back wall would finish my annual lumber budget!
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