 | George W. F. Birch - Claysville (Pa.) - 1899 - 270 pages
...exhibition has been set forth by both the great Edmund Burke and the versatile Lord Macaulay. Says Burke, " People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors." Says Macaulay, " A people who takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never... | |
 | Huber Gray Buehler - English language - 1900 - 308 pages
...emotion of envy dies in me. . Pompeii was suddenly buried beneath a shower of ashes Mount Vesuvius. 9. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. 10. Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your hand are the most useful after all.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1901 - 588 pages
...and above it. A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Besides, the people of England well know that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...Confined Views — A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Judges and the Law — Judges are guided and governed by the eternal laws of justice, to which we are... | |
 | 1901 - 640 pages
...(Unidentified Branches) " 1007 Collateral Pedigrees " 1039 Errata and Corrections " 1051 Index- " 1053 "People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors." —Burke. "He who takes no interest in the history of his ancestors, does not deserve to be remembered... | |
 | Otis Hayford - 1901 - 278 pages
...some little value to those descendants of our common ancestors. THE AUTHOR. Canton, Maine, AD 1901. "People will not look forward to Posterity who never look backward to their Ancestors." — Burke. Colonial Some facts and records pertaining to the early Colonial History of the Hayford... | |
 | David Loyd Pulliam - Constitutional conventions - 1901 - 188 pages
...GOVERNMENT. " A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Besides, the people well know, that the idea of inheritance furnishes a sure principle of conservation,... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 610 pages
...Confined Views — A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. Judges and the Law — Judges are guided and governed by the eternal laws of justice, to which we are... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - Alcoholic beverages - 1902 - 504 pages
...us by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal. CiCERO, Philippics, xiv, 12. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. BURKE, Reflections on Revolution in France. p. 48. Nature has lent us life at interest, like money,... | |
 | William Nelson - New Jersey - 1902 - 618 pages
...Bonhamtown, married Mary Taylor, of Freehold, a sister of the eminent Edward Taylor, MD He died in 1850. "People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors." — Burke. THOMAS W. AUMACK. One of the leading and representative farmers of Raritan township, Monmouth... | |
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. 
