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.
The old fart in me would have put a coaster or something below the cups.
ReplyDeleteThe cups have saucers so there should be no problems with the table top.
ReplyDeleteWith that finish, the saucers themselves are a scratch risk.
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