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.
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Prism of Sennacharib which details the Assyrian king's military campaigns culminating in the destruction of the city of Babylon in 689 BC
Additionally, Sennacharib's prism was the origin of the phrase "Read the fine print."
ReplyDeleteNeeds to work on penmanship, I can't read it. Was he a doctor?
ReplyDeleteLong winded.
ReplyDeleteI hope they enjoyed it while it lasted.
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