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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Herbert Spencer
Future
Wise
Man
Wise Man
Remember
Past
Must
Parent
He
While
Descendant
Every New Year is the direct descendant, isn't it, of a long line of proven criminals?
Ogden Nash
Long
Year
Every
Criminals
Direct
Long Line
New
Proven
Line
New Year
Descendant
I am the descendant of slaves, of people that were born from a slave and a slave master.
Cory Booker
People
Master
Born
Am
Were
Descendant
Slave
Slaves
Ever since then, all descendant vertebrates have had the forward end of the digestive system and the forward end of the respiratory system very much involved with each other. This manifests itself in the human body with a crossing of the two systems in the throat.
George C. Williams
Other
Digestive
Respiratory
System
Systems
Crossing
Throat
Had
Since
Involved
End
Itself
Very
Human
Human Body
Then
Much
Body
Descendant
Forward
Each
Ever
Two
Of course, everyone in the New World is an immigrant or a descendant of immigrants, and immigrants have built America and continue to do so. Legal or illegal, they are almost universally good people who work to better their lot and that of their children.
Mark Helprin
Work
Good
Legal
People
World
Better
Good People
Everyone
Immigrant
Immigrants
Almost
New
Course
Built
Continue
Lot
America
New World
Children
Illegal
Who
Descendant
Universally
He was born in 1741, a descendant of the Rhode Island equivalent of royalty. The first Benedict Arnold had been one of the colony's founders, and subsequent generations had helped to establish the Arnolds as solid and respected citizens.
Nathaniel Philbrick
First
Respected
Solid
Citizens
Born
Colony
Had
He
Generations
Arnold
Island
Equivalent
Been
Subsequent
Establish
Rhode
Rhode Island
Descendant
Helped
Founders
Royalty
I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
You
People
Black
Country
Nothing
Back
Saw
Way
Ancestors
Enslaved
Born
Look
Looked
Another
Were
Been
Years
Your
Descendant
Forward
Slaves
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
Yoko Ono
Family
Important
Wealthy
Born
Emperor
Were
Very
Japan
Grandfather
Descendant
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