by Emerson Becker
"For though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine the coal can never expire," as declared by Thomas Paine. To understand what this statement is describing I'll take it apart. The "flame of liberty” he is referring to liberty as a fire. "For though it may sometimes cease to shine,” I would describe as our liberty is being taken away from us and we are taking it for granted. The "coal can never expire” means at least the idea of liberty will never be completely destroyed. I believe it is a true statement.
When the pilgrims came to America in 1620 for their religious freedom their flame of liberty was burning bright.
Through the years of living in America they took their freedoms for granted and their flame started dimming until it was almost coal.
Then when the king of England George the III started to take away their liberty their coal almost burst into flames. That started the revolution in the 1770's as it became a bonfire.
It burned for a couple hundred years but is now mostly coal.
Some of us are stoking our fires. The right to own and use fire arms is being taken away. Organic farmers are having more and more regulations. We should wake up to what's going on around us and help bring back the "flame of liberty”.
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