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STRIKING A BLOW TO POSTERITY, CNN CANCELS DEBATE - But what will future historians do without some wildly offensive comment from Rick Santorum about contraception?
HUFFPOST HILL - Republicans Demand Urine Eliot Nelson 2012
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STRIKING A BLOW TO POSTERITY, CNN CANCELS DEBATE - But what will future historians do without some wildly offensive comment from Rick Santorum about contraception?
HUFFPOST HILL - Republicans Demand Urine Eliot Nelson 2012
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DORIE MCCULLOUGH LAWSON, AUTHOR, "POSTERITY: LETTERS OF GREAT AMERICANS TO THEIR CHILDREN": "Posterity" is a collection of letters from great Americans to their children.
Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children 2004
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On this question, my influence, humble as it is, is felt at this moment to a considerable extent; and it shall be felt in coming years -- not perniciously, but beneficially, -- not as a curse, but as a blessing; and POSTERITY
History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams
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**** It is to be hoped, that by expressing a national disapprobation of this trade, we may destroy it, and save ourselves from reproaches, AND OUR POSTERITY THE IMBECILITY
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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**** It is to be hoped, that by expressing a national disapprobation of this trade, we may destroy it, and save ourselves from reproaches, AND OUR POSTERITY THE IMBECILITY
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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They come not from your contemporaries, for they are gone -- you are not of this generation, but of the PAST, spared to hear the voice of POSTERITY.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States William Henry Seward 1836
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FUTURE AGES SHALL TALK OF THIS; THIS SHALL BE FAMOUS TO ALL POSTERITY.
Wisdom from Swift 2005
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FUTURE AGES SHALL TALK OF THIS; THIS SHALL BE FAMOUS TO ALL POSTERITY.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE POSTERITY
A Tale of a Tub 2004
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