“As official reports arrived, confirming the extent of the Terror, I grew more and more disturbed. Revolutions, I knew, we’re not accomplished without bloodshed, and the suppression of counterrevolutionary activity was both inevitable and fully justified on the part of the revolutionary regime. Russia was compelled to defend itself not only against the assaults of world capitalism but against thousands of conspirators and reactionaries within its own borders. But was wholesale slaughter necessary? Was not the Terror expanding beyond its legitimate bounds?”
Angelica Balabanov
Thomas Aquinas is credited as one of the greatest proponents of natural law. During his time in Cologne he was taught by Albertus Magnus. Magnus used the teachings of Aristotle in his mentorship of Thomas Aquinas.
Samuel Adams believed in American Independence from Great Britain. He is one of the most well know Son's of Liberty. On August 1, 1776 he gave a speech to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
London, England, Wednesday 11:00PM
Alister Fairfax impatiently tapped his fingers on his steering wheel and glanced repeatedly at his watch as he waited for the gate to his mansion to open. The early November drizzle was just strong enough that he had his windshield wipers on. The weather was just what one might expect for London at this time of year.
Unfortunately the evening had been just what Fairfax had expected as well. A waste of time and money. The opera had been dull and the conversations at dinner had been boring. The only redeeming decision of the night had been when he decided that he and his wife would drive separately. Otherwise he would still be trapped in a mind numbing social event.
Fairfax was not a man of extravagant tastes. He drove a 20 year old Porsche that he had bought during the foolish days of his youth. In fact he would not even have lived in the Mayfair mansion if not for the social importance it signified. It was a calculated business expense that brought returns so it stayed.
As soon as the gate was wide enough for his car to squeeze through ...
