 | Amzi Benedict Davenport - 1851 - 422 pàgines
...THEIR DISTINGUISHED ANCESTOR, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. INTRODUCTION. " NOT to know what took place before one was born," says Cicero, " is to remain forever a child." History is the herald of the past. To search into that past, to learn the lessons which it teaches,... | |
 | Levi Bartlett - 1876 - 124 pàgines
...can supply." " Not to know what took place before one was born," says Cicero, " is forever to remain a child, caring nothing for the memories of the past,...and hoping nothing for the destiny of the future." Thus, caring for the memories of the past, and also for the destiny of the future, and in- accordance... | |
 | Levi Bartlett - 1876 - 126 pàgines
...duty to itself, that posterity may have those authentic memorials that no other source can supply." " Not to know what took place before one was born," says Cicero, " is forever to remain a child, caring nothing for the memories of the past, and hoping nothing for the... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1995 - 492 pàgines
...a race. Mere names and dates do not, in any proper sense, make history or biography, and the living generation must do its duty to itself, that posterity...hoping nothing for the destiny of the future. Genealogy in the record of a pure and Heaven-appointed relation for the improvement and perpetuation of our race... | |
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... the history of a race. Mere names and dates do not, in any proper sense, make history or biography, and the living generation must do its duty to itself, that posterity may have those authentic memorials which no other source can supply. 