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A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
A foreign nation is a kind of contemporaneous posterity.
Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
Herself the solitary scion left
Of a time-honour'd race.
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.
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
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for
posterity; for what has posterity done read more
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for
posterity; for what has posterity done for us?
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will read more
Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else
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.
What has poster'ty done for us,
That we, lest they their rights should lose,
Should trust our read more
What has poster'ty done for us,
That we, lest they their rights should lose,
Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
