[HungryBear]

........ Freedom transcends bumper sticker wisdom while appreciating the necessity of the odd almost meaningless phrase to express an emotion that has to be expressed for a person to feel better..........

Patrick

The phrase comes from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington. (Gen. Stark was also at Bunker Hill) Instead, he sent his toast by letter:

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.

Hope, as a teacher, you have intellect in other than history.

Have a good day. ("odd almost meaningless phrase to express an emotion that has to be expressed for a person to feel better")

The Bear