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.
You leap out of your spaceship, feeling freedom in your limbs as you bound onto the surface of a new planet. You raise the visor of your helmet so you can kiss the ground after having felt none for years and years in transit.....and then promptly die because you forgot to check the atmosphere composition first.
Getting 'Inherit the Stars' (James P. Hogan) vibes.
ReplyDeleteYou leap out of your spaceship, feeling freedom in your limbs as you bound onto the surface of a new planet. You raise the visor of your helmet so you can kiss the ground after having felt none for years and years in transit.....and then promptly die because you forgot to check the atmosphere composition first.
ReplyDeleteAfter making a crappy landing, you're liable to miss an item or two on the checklist.
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