[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[at-l] FYI - Live Free or Die
- Subject: [at-l] FYI - Live Free or Die
- From: "Bucky" <mfuller@somtel.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 08:23:55 -0400
The full quotation is: "Live Free or Die; death is not the
worst of evils." It was issued as a toast by Revolutionary
General John Stark, who distinguished himself at Bennington,
to a 1809 gathering of war veterans.
Jim Owen wrote:
> How many chains can you live with?
It's amazing how many chains a person can tolerate so long as
the chains are heavier on their neighbors.
> As one of my mentors taught
> me - "It's better to live one hour as a lion than a lifetime as a
> jackal".
A voice from a world that most people today can't even begin
to comprehend:
http://www.rit.edu/~exb1874/mine/kipling/kipling.html
--
mfuller@somtel.com; Northern Franklin County, Maine
The Constitution is the white man's ghost shirt. }>:-/> --->
* From the Appalachian Trail Mailing List | For info http://www.hack.net/lists *
==============================================================================