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Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not

Genealogy. An account of ones descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. – Ambrose Bierce

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What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. – Ambrose Bierce

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The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis

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I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. – Abraham Lincoln

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