"It [government] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd."Tuesday, December 20, 2011
"It [government] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting: such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd."
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Our Mantel
Pleas tiled our wood stove alcove,
built the grate (to let the heat out),
and built the mantel!
built the grate (to let the heat out),
and built the mantel!
In this photo:
Mom, Sugar Bear
Their adopted Baby, Stefano
Dad, Honey Bear
Mom, Sugar Bear
Their adopted Baby, Stefano
Dad, Honey Bear
Monday, December 5, 2011
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