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.
Friday, June 9, 2023
The breakthrough in the Battle of Køge Bay on July 1st 1677. In the foreground, the flagship Christianus Qvintus), Christian Mølsted, 1920
To me, this is art. The sky with the fog intervening; the sea deep in greens and blues with the spray of the white caps; the furl of the sails and the detail of the ships, is grand.
To me, this is art. The sky with the fog intervening; the sea deep in greens and blues with the spray of the white caps; the furl of the sails and the detail of the ships, is grand.
ReplyDeleteEvil Franklin