companion had seized him by the throat and swung him clear into the bushes, where both figures disappeared. In a second he re-appeared, flourished the rifle of the Partisan over his head and I heard the dull blow which was followed by an absolute calm. He came back toward me and, confusedly smiling, said: “It is done. God and the Devil! When I was a boy, my mother wanted to make a priest out of me. When I grew up, I became a trained agronome in order. . . to strangle the people and smash their skulls? Revolution is a very stupid thing!” And with anger and disgust he spit and began to smoke his pipe.
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The Leeds family occupied the center of the Milwaukee Brewers shirt , but they were not stereotyped, superstitious rural people. They were politically active religious pioneers, authors and publishers. They also supported the Crown. The Jersey Devil legend originally the Leeds Devil began as a cruel taunt against them, not because of a monstrous birth, but because they had the cultural misfortune of joining the wrong side politically. Daniel Leeds came to America in 1677 and settled in Burlington. He published an almanac and was promptly attacked by his Quaker neighbors over his use of astrology in it. The use of astrology in almanacs was quite common. Undeterred, he continued and, despite himself being a Quaker, they called him “evil.”
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