“Our duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to mankind, call on us by every motive which is sacred or honorable, to watch over the safety of our beloved country during the troubles which agitate and convulse the residue of the world, and to sacrifice to that all personal and local considerations.” WorldCountryWatchesTroubleSacrificeMankindDutySafetySacredLocalsBelovedMotiveConsiderationHonorablePosterityAgitateBeloved Country Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England.” Has BeensStatesNationsMankindEnglandIsraelDebtMinoritiesPosterityAthensFlorenceElizabethan Author:Bill Vaughan
“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.” BookGenerationsMankindGeniusLegacyPosterityUnbornBook Lover Book:The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index Source: The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index