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.
Been through all but last couple books of Patrick O'Brian series, one thing think of all these lines, blocks and tackles didn't appear in history all at once.
I just watched Master and Commander. I need to print this out and watch it again tonight.
ReplyDeletetake note there's a man using one of the "seats of ease" forward at night in rough seas .
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ReplyDeleteWhat is the original source material? I'd love to add it to my O'Brian reference collection.
ReplyDeleteLooks complicated yet amazing. Hopefully not a lost art.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like an Eric Sloane illustration, although all of his work that I have seen is non nautical.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely in Sloane's style.
Deletenow you know where the phrase "learning the ropes" came from.
ReplyDeleteBeen through all but last couple books of Patrick O'Brian series, one thing think of all these lines, blocks and tackles didn't appear in history all at once.
ReplyDeleteNo friggin in the riggin’!
ReplyDeleteCheck out Tally Ho's rebuild.
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