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.
Looks like Abu Simbel before they moved it. Or me after the 30 inches of snow we had. I always look forward to our weekly "Ozymandias" moment. Steve_in_ Ottawa
'Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.
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ReplyDeleteIIRC, when the Sphinx was found by the modern world, it was literally buried up to its eyeballs in the sand.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Abu Simbel before they moved it. Or me after the 30 inches of snow we had. I always look forward to our weekly "Ozymandias" moment. Steve_in_ Ottawa
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