Posterity

Posterity is waiting for your decision and I pray Heaven that that decision may be right.

The Commonwealth and the League of Nations 1933

Posterity is a very Mrs Brownrigg in her way of treating the foundlings committed to her tender mercies.

Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

Posterity is no more; fame, and ambition, and love, are words void of meaning; even as the cattle that grazes in the field, do thou, O deserted one, lie down at evening-tide, unknowing of the past, careless of the future, for from such fond ignorance alone canst thou hope for ease!

III.1 1826

I know that time and that tall posthumous daughter of ours whom we call Posterity will some day do good justice and plead the right thing in the right place.

The Deputy of Arcis Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Posterity is often represented as a blessing from God (Ge 30: 2,

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

And when reflection, guided by history, has taught us the intimacy of the connexion of every age of humanity with every other, making us see in the earthly destiny of mankind the playing out of a great drama, or the action of a prolonged epic, all the generations of mankind become indissolubly united into a single image, combining all the power over the mind of the idea of Posterity, with our best feelings towards the living world which surrounds us, and towards the predecessors who have made us what we are.

Auguste Comte and Positivism John Stuart Mill 1839

And we, the American People today, are the "Posterity" mentioned above by the Founders.

We, The People Of The United States Of America, Have The Legitimate Authority And Responsibility To Govern Ourselves 2006

"Posterity," a book in progress, is about the editorial powers of the audience.

Introduction 2003

BRIAN LAMB, HOST: Dorie McCullough Lawson, what is "Posterity" about?

Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children 2004

DORIE MCCULLOUGH LAWSON, AUTHOR, "POSTERITY: LETTERS OF GREAT AMERICANS TO THEIR CHILDREN": "Posterity" is a collection of letters from great Americans to their children.

Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children 2004