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.
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DeleteVery handy for taking inside measurements. (need the brass slider section)
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ReplyDeleteBack from when tools were prized, cared for, and passed down to the next generation. Nowadays most kids wouldn't even know what they are for.
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