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.
That bloke looks just like me and my brother. Sorry, I am able to use the language well ... that bloke, the living one, looks just like my brother and I.
He doesn't resemble Hadrian that much - he doesn't have a broken nose! :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks pretty good for a couple of thousand year old Geezer!
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I wonder if they are related? Not that I have any idea where you'd get a sample of Hadrian's dna to see.
ReplyDeleteThat bloke looks just like me and my brother.
ReplyDeleteSorry, I am able to use the language well ... that bloke, the living one, looks just like my brother and I.
Our genes rome'd the world !