#descent

In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. ↗

— C. Wright Mills

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Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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I'm often mistaken for Spanish or Latin descent. ↗

— Rita Ora

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The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed, into a sort of rude steps. ↗

— Charlotte Smith

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