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.
Longyear was the last name of an American mining company owner on the islands. It does not literally mean long year in Norwegian, though the name is apropo.
Wife and I could use a translation of 'Longyearbyen'
ReplyDeleteLongyear town in Norwegian
DeleteAh so - which is oriental for thanks for the answer?
ReplyDeleteLongyear was the last name of an American mining company owner on the islands. It does not literally mean long year in Norwegian, though the name is apropo.
ReplyDeleteIf you go outside, you carry a large anti-bear rifle.
ReplyDeleteExcellent book on this area, "The year-long day". About a trapper living by himself through the winter.
ReplyDeleteOr Hogsmeade.
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