NP- Th' Quotable Lincoln

[Alex Colter]

And what more, after a post-Zenith smoke, having decided to look up the
potential origins of Drogo's name encounter the Wikipedia Article on Saint
Drogo and read this:

"Reportedly Drogo was able to bilocate which refers to the ability to
maintain one's actual presence in two totally different places at the same
time. Witnesses claimed seeing Drogo working in fields simultaneously, and
going to mass every Sunday."

hoho


On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of Mason's encounter with Capt. Volcano & Co. in Brooklyn,
> p.406,
>
> "You believe Christ's return to be imminent," Mason feigning Heartiness,
> "--- that is surely wonderful news, brother! In my own Faith, we believe
> the same, except possible for the 'imminent' part."
> "Is this worth explaining to him?" Drogo asks the Captain.
> "Degrees of Slavery, Sir. Where in England are you from?"
> A Mask-dropping Sigh. "Stroud, G-d help me."
> "Then you have known it."
>
> (and on about the Weavers, Slavery being a recurring theme as even our
> Surveyors recognize)
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Alex Colter <recoignishon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Workin' my way through Ken Burns' 'The Civil War' and lovin' every second
>> of it, heard this quote, apparently Mr. Lincoln's, and thought of P:
>>
>> "Liberty must take the day, nothing shorter."
>>
>
>
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