29 January 2010
These are the times that try men’s souls!
Posted by Matt Shannon under: Fitness .
WOD for 012910
3 rounds for time:
5 overhead squat
10 lunges
15 dips
20 burpees
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Today back in 1737 Thomas Paine was born. Tom Paine was famous for several things. Mainly he is remembered for his political pamphlet The Crisis.
Christmas Night 1776
In 1776 George Washington and men of the Continental Army and militia crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776 and marched to Trenton, New Jersey. There they attacked and defeated Hessian troops quartered in and around the village. This surprise attack and victory set the stage for Washington’s subsequent victories at the Second Battle of Trenton and Princeton. The Crossing and the Trenton/Princeton campaign have become known as the Ten Crucial Days — a campaign that saved Washington’s army from defeat, allowing them to fight another day and achieve ultimate victory.
Two days before these most crucial victories for George Washington Paine released The Crisis.
This is the case Paine made.
The Crisis
December 23, 1776
THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but “to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER” and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.
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5 Comments so far...
Chad Says:
29 January 2010 at 19:43.
8:43
Anna Says:
29 January 2010 at 20:31.
3 rounds with a 45# bar 11:44
as always, good reading post Matt. i’ve read some of the crisis articles but its always good to go back.
“In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experience as we go.”
jim Says:
29 January 2010 at 20:37.
12:44. 45# bar.
Aidan Says:
29 January 2010 at 22:35.
12:06 was the time that tried this man’s soul
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