Arnold Kirkpatrick Column - Variations on a theme

IT’S a theme older than Aesop, whoused it as the basis of his fable of TheFour Oxen and the Tiger. It has beenrepeated frequently throughout theages – as a foundation of the AmericanRevolution, from George Washington toPatrick Henry, who cited it as…

It’s a theme older than Aesop, who used it as the basis of his fable of The Four Oxen and the Tiger. It has been repeated frequently throughout the ages – as a foundation of the American Revolution, from George Washington to Patrick Henry, who cited it as the fundamental truth in last public speech, a fierce denunciation of the Kentucky Resolution – to today when, in a charming bit of irony, it appears on the state seal of Kentucky: “United we stand, Divided we fall”

By Arnold Kirkpatrick

First Published  (02 February 2011 - Issue Number: Issue 19)

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