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.
I think a lot of that artistry comes from days and days spent ashore, due to foul weather. Woody
ReplyDeleteIndeed, and all done by hand with primitive tools compared to what we have nowadays.
ReplyDeleteWell, actually, the chisel and wood maul
ReplyDeleteis still basically the same. There's really no modern tool that can replicate this.
Bubbarust
Absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThis pic is of a a part of the replica built after discovery of the original buried on a farm in Tonsberg Norway in 1904.
ReplyDeleteMore here: https://osebergvikingarv.no/eng/the-oseberg-ship/
Nemo