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.
This illustration is the work of Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold, a German physician and botanist renowned for his extensive studies of Japanese flora and fauna. The artwork is part of his famous series, Fauna Japonica, which was published between 1833 and 1850.
This illustration is the work of Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold, a German physician and botanist renowned for his extensive studies of Japanese flora and fauna. The artwork is part of his famous series, Fauna Japonica, which was published between 1833 and 1850.
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