We have no patriotism toward posterity; and the selfish amusement of the present always has, and always will, outweigh the important interests of the future.


Romance and Reality (1831)


We have no patriotism toward posterity; and the selfish amusement of the present always has, and always will, outweigh the important interests of the ...

We have no patriotism toward posterity; and the selfish amusement of the present always has, and always will, outweigh the important interests of the ...

We have no patriotism toward posterity; and the selfish amusement of the present always has, and always will, outweigh the important interests of the ...

We have no patriotism toward posterity; and the selfish amusement of the present always has, and always will, outweigh the important interests of the ...