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.
The detail in this is just stunning! I normally say, hmm, nice picture, but I was caught by the shimmer of the material, which led me to the embroidery, which opened my eyes to the whole creation. Wow!!
Russian Orthodoxy demands a cat's presence.
ReplyDeleteIn the Orthodox Church, the cat is considered blessed for having killed a poisonous snake that had fallen in the communion chalice.
DeleteThe detail in this is just stunning! I normally say, hmm, nice picture, but I was caught by the shimmer of the material, which led me to the embroidery, which opened my eyes to the whole creation. Wow!!
ReplyDeleteThat’s one LONG pen! Useful when one needs to write at length.
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