posterity

• Yet, originally, this great section of Noah's posterity was as white of color as the other two. —  Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria
• Fortunately for posterity, the edict was not quite as universal in its application as the story would indicate, and exceptions were made for books of science In the course of their conquests, however, the Mohammedan Arabs captured the Greek cities of Asia Minor. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• Adam’s first sin and heinous transgression is charged upon all his posterity, and imputed unto them, even unto them who have not sinned according to “the similitude of Adam’s transgression,” that is, actually as he did. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• Adam and all his posterity were once to be saved this way,—so the terms run at first, “do this and live.” No wonder that something of that impression be retained; but that which was a virtue in Adam, while he retained integrity, and fulfilled his duty, is a mighty fault, and presumptuous madness in us, who have fallen from that blessed estate. —  The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
• By the love that parents may feel for their posterity, by the wishes for their success, by the hopes for their usefulness, by every consideration for their future well-being, let them exercise precaution and forbearance until the wife becomes sufficiently healthy and enduring to bequeath her own rugged, vital stamina to the child she bears in love 4. —  Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage

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