Liberty

by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.

Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in

the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the

Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.
Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.

Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed

to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it

compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.
Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.

Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty

years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough

to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.
Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.

Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.
Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.

Liberty
by Lamberto Avellana

One hundred and fifty years is not a long time in the

reckoning of a hill. But to a man it is long enough. One
hundred and fifty years is a weekend to an oak tree, but
to a man it is two full lifetimes. One hundred and fifty
years is a twinkle to a star-but to a man, it is time enough
to teach two generations the meaning of liberty-how to
use it, how to guard it, when to fight for it, and if indeed
to die for it. But what is Liberty? Of what is it
compounded? Liberty, friends, is a compelling force. It is
the noble strength that rang a huge bell and cracked it in
the year 1776. It is a flame that came from a torch in the
Bastille and lit a thousand other torches-to reduce an
overbearing aristocrat to the level of humanity.