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    1. [WHITNEY-L] Posterity (fwd)
    2. Barry Whitney
    3. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 06:50:01 +0100 From: The Learning Kingdom <quote1@proteus.LearningKingdom.com>, ... To: Cool Quotes List <quote@proteus.LearningKingdom.com> Subject: Quotes of the Day: Posterity ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Posterity ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Two famously witty individuals, more than two centuries apart, expressed the same attitude toward future generations. "We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us." - Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet "Why should I care about posterity? What's posterity ever done for me?" - Groucho Marx (1890-1977) U.S. actor, comedian, television personality, writer ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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