perpetuity

• Year after year, only two grants, which happen to total $50,000, are made in perpetuity--to VOMA and the Maryland Coalition for Survivors, both chartered by Michael Abramowitz. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 01] - Baltimore Blues
• If the only alternative to the present social order remaining in perpetuity were a retrogression to some such condition as that of the islanders of the South Sea, a lover of his fellow-creatures might look upon the result, so far as it affected the happiness of the bulk of them, with tolerably complete indifference. —  Rousseau (Volume 1 of 2)
• He would hold no office in perpetuity, and I have already shown that, whenever called upon to render public service, he obeyed the call without a thought of the pecuniary sacrifices which he inevitably must incur;[12] and it would be easy, if it were proper, to show that Mr. Tazewell, though in retirement, afforded most valuable assistance to those who held office, and indeed to all who chose to consult him. —  Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell
• Since then the attendance of visitors and students shows that the collection is appreciated by the public; and it is to be hoped that though nominally a loan it will remain there in perpetuity, and that it will be maintained and used with due regard to the intentions of the founder. —  The Life of John Ruskin
• We propose that the government of these United States restore and protect its sovereign right and exclusive jurisdiction of the Canal Zone in perpetuity, and renegotiate the treaties with Panama by which the ownership of the canal was surrendered to Panama. —  Third Party Watch

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