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A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
Think of your forefathers! Think of your posterity!
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan read more
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
He thinks posterity is a pack-horse, always ready to be loaded.
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have read more
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style
The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public
business: "we do much for posterity; read more
The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public
business: "we do much for posterity; I would fain see them do
something for us."
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
Strangers are contemporary posterity.
[Fr., Les etrangers sont la posterite contemporaine.]
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the read more
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.
