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.
Like an iceberg, there's a whole lot of "stuff" below the waterline to prevent that.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it has a heavy keel.
ReplyDeleteThey that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters;
ReplyDeleteThese men see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
That's a beautiful rig. A little off the old 6 to 1 rule I think, but not much. She probably lays to in a heavy sea quite nicely, I'd sail her.
ReplyDeleteAs I look at it, I keep thinking about the old nursery rhyme:
ReplyDeleteRub-a-dub-dub
Three men in a tub...