Give me Liberty or give me Death
The US Patent Office won't issue a patent if there is no reference to a previous related patent. That's a parallel analogy :we all stand on the shoulders of the past. It even influences those who don't even know the past.
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This applies to the guy who quoted Patrick Henry in print. He printed and published Henry Patrick's famous speech of "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death." That speech was given 23 March 1775.
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This quote was actually popularized by William Wirt, who probably knew very well the play, Cato, A Tragedy.
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William Wirt interviewed Judge St. George Tucker who heard the actual speech of Patrick Henry.
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By the way, here is our local Winchester relationship --- Tucker’s son, Henry St. George Tucker ran the state’s biggest law school in Virginia in Winchester VA, even as big as the other law schools in the nation !!!
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In Addison’s Cato, A Tragedy, sTee Act II, Scene 4:
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“It is not now time to talk of
aught But chains or conquest,
liberty or death.”
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It is no longer time to talk of anything else, but “chains or conquest, liberty or death.”
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Jon Kukla in his story, Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty alleges that Patrick Henry imitated the character Cato in the play:
“[Patrick] Henry plunged an ivory letter opener towards his chest in imitation of the Roman patriot Cato the Younger. “
See article in the Journal of American Revolution on this:
Incidentally, we have William Wirt’s Skull. !!!
William Wirt is the one who popularized Patrick Henry as having said, "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death."
George Washington loved "Cato, A Tragedy"
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He quoted it often throughout his life, even when he put on his spectacles, making grown men cry, men who had planned to revolt over not getting pay from Congress for their service.
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This play was popular for more than a 100 years. It had an epic run, truly gigantuan over any Broadway play ever.
This in no way detracts from Patrick Henry. Wirt who quoted someone who was there wanted to give his readers how powerful a speaker Patrick Henry was, even if he did borrow from the greats. In addition to that famous speech, we repeat ---- “[Patrick] Henry plunged an ivory letter opener towards his chest in imitation of the Roman patriot Cato the Younger. “
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All sources and links in blog:
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Post Script from Google's AI : Novelty and Non-Obviousness:A patent will not be issued if the invention is not new (novel) or if it is obvious to someone skilled in the relevant field, based on what is already known (prior art).
Duty of Candor:Patent applicants have a duty to disclose any material prior art they are aware of, but the USPTO will still issue a patent if the invention is novel and non-obvious, even if the applicant didn't cite prior art..
The US Patent Office won't issue a patent if there is no reference to a previous related patent. That's a parallel analogy : we all stand on the shoulders of the past. It even influences those who don't even know the past.
.
This applies to the guy who quoted Patrick Henry in print.
.
This quote was actually popularized by William Wirt, who probably knew very well the play, Cato, A Tragedy.
.
William Wirt interviewed Judge St. George Tucker who heard the actual speech of Patrick Henry.
.
By the way, here is our local Winchester relationship --- Tucker’s son, Henry St. George Tucker ran the state’s biggest law school in Virginia in Winchester VA, even as big as the other law schools in the nation !!!
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In Addison’s Cato, A Tragedy, see Act II, Scene 4:
.
“It is not now time to talk of
aught But chains or conquest,
liberty or death.”
.
It is no longer time to talk of anything else, but “chains or conquest, liberty or death.”
.
Jon Kukla in his story, Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty alleges that Patrick Henry imitated the character Cato in the play:
“[Patrick] Henry plunged an ivory letter opener towards his chest in imitation of the Roman patriot Cato the Younger. “
See article in the Journal of American Revolution on this:
Incidentally, we have William Wirt’s Skull. !!!
William Wirt is the one who popularized Patrick Henry as having said, "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death."
George Washington loved "Cato, A Tragedy"
.
He quoted it often throughout his life, even when he put on his spectacles, making grown men cry, men who had planned to revolt over not getting pay from Congress for their service.
.
This play was popular for more than a 100 years. It had an epic run, truly gigantuan over any Broadway play ever.
This in no way detracts from Patrick Henry. Wirt who quoted someone who was there wanted to give his readers how powerful a speaker Patrick Henry was, even if he did borrow from the greats. In addition to that famous speech, we repeat ---- “[Patrick] Henry plunged an ivory letter opener towards his chest in imitation of the Roman patriot Cato the Younger. “
.
All sources and links in blog:
.
.
.
.
Post Script from Google's AI : Novelty and Non-Obviousness:A patent will not be issued if the invention is not new (novel) or if it is obvious to someone skilled in the relevant field, based on what is already known (prior art).
Duty of Candor:Patent applicants have a duty to disclose any material prior art they are aware of, but the USPTO will still issue a patent if the invention is novel and non-obvious, even if the applicant didn't cite prior art.
Compiled by Jim Moyer 22 March 1775, researched in 2022
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