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.
anchors poised.
ReplyDeleteSlowly finishing Patrick O'Brian Master and Commander series, nice to see this
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Deleteyou know, a killick is a small anchor, can be rigged from a stone.
Now that is impressive.
ReplyDeleteif you saw the film there's an exterior scene in a storm with a guy using the "seat of ease" and a-hangin' on for dear life.
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