Descendants
Among his many descendants, can be counted the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Attorney General Elliot Richardson, the actor John Lithgow and the clergyman Phillips Brooks.
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Famous quotes containing the word descendants:
“We go to great pains to alter life for the happiness of our descendants and our descendants will say as usual: things used to be so much better, life today is worse than it used to be.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live...”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 30:19.
“Your descendants shall gather your fruits.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)