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.
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria, circa 1870. Imagine what this looked like in its prime.
from the movie, "King Kong, . . . ?
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This appears to be a much more recent photo, altho no date is given. Stll hanging in there.
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By 'its prime', do you mean pre-muzzie?
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