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.
Saturday, September 9, 2023
As soon as you start reading this letter, it's hard to tear away. Steinbeck was a master of the written word.
"Guest key to the ladies entrance..." Wonderful!
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I didn’t understand the reference. Anyone able to explain?
DeleteSteinbeck could write.
ReplyDeleteBut the $64 question is, Did she send the nephew-in-law the pic?
His letter plus that pic would fetch a fortune at auction.
DeleteThere's always that one pain in the butt relative.
ReplyDeleteA pre-pubescent boy has the right to be a pain in the butt. Charming letter and I’m sure Marilyn gladly complied.
ReplyDeleteAustin. Nuff said.
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Awesome letter, read it to my wife and MIL (in Johns voice) They loved it. Very amusing, much appreciated.
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