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.
I didn't fully appreciate the level of craftsmanship that went into the European cathedrals until I read the novel Sarum. Enormous numbers of carpenters, stone masons, and detail workers serving for centuries.
per Google Images: This photo is of one of the doors to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
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Europe is full of beautiful things. Too bad they are letting it slip away.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how heavy this door must be.
ReplyDeleteI didn't fully appreciate the level of craftsmanship that went into the European cathedrals until I read the novel Sarum. Enormous numbers of carpenters, stone masons, and detail workers serving for centuries.
ReplyDeleteYup. Excellent non-fiction novel
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