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.
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Chess piece depicting a frenzied warrior biting into his shield Found in Uig - Scotland 12th Century AD
Many years ago I stayed in the village of Uig on Skye overnight waiting for the ferry to Tarbert on the Isle of Harris.
ReplyDeleteAnd the guy on the right is saying, "Sven, you should have gone to the bathroom before we started the raid."
ReplyDeleteSven's nickname is Toofy.
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DeleteBerserker.
ReplyDeleteBerserker, high on some rage inducing drug.
DeletePieces from the Isle of Lewis chess set on display at the British Museum.
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