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.
Reminds me of the book Endurance about Shackelton's expedition to Antarctica. It's an EXCELLENT read!!
ReplyDeleteNot where you want to be with your multi-million dollar ship when that berg rolls over, like they all do.
ReplyDeletesquare sail schooner, hermaphrodite brig, whatta we got here?
ReplyDeleteHow deep is the keel(?) to keep that thing upright in a stiff wind?
ReplyDeleteA couple HF whip antennas on the one mast.
ReplyDeleteThat’s taken from a periscope!
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