 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.  Science - Page 348edited by - 1883Full view - About this book
 | George W. F. Birch - 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 - 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.... | |
 | 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 - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 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 - 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... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 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 - 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,... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...of institute and digest of anarchy, called the Rights of Man. On the Army Estimates. Vol Hi. p. 221. People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors. Eeflectiout on the Eevolution in France. Vol. Hi. p. 274. You had that action and counteraction which,... | |
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