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.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
10th century church door with Norse ironwork at St. Helen’s Church in Stillingfleet, England
It always amazes me that all over Europe, Asia and e Northern part of Africa that there are structures hundreds and thousands of years old and are in livable conditions. Yet here we are in the most advanced country the world has ever known and in the major cities a buildings life span is measured in decades.
Wow, very nice. More and more, the official version of history seems rather phony. Thats a nice piece of work, kind only happens when disparate cultures cooperate, at least in economic sense. And why not? Lot more gained that way then rapine and pillage, in the long run..
It always amazes me that all over Europe, Asia and e Northern part of Africa that there are structures hundreds and thousands of years old and are in livable conditions. Yet here we are in the most advanced country the world has ever known and in the major cities a buildings life span is measured in decades.
ReplyDeleteApparently the Vikings did not use Chinesium for their hardware.
ReplyDeleteWow, very nice. More and more, the official version of history seems rather phony. Thats a nice piece of work, kind only happens when disparate cultures cooperate, at least in economic sense. And why not? Lot more gained that way then rapine and pillage, in the long run..
ReplyDeleteVery nice piece of work. Thanks. - Nemo
ReplyDeleteLooks as if Elrond was here.
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