The living are ever reminded of the buried millions who have worked and won before them.

The handicraft and skill displayed in the buildings and sculptures of the long-lost cities of Nineveh, Babylon, and Troy, have descended to the present time.

In nature's economy, no human labour is altogether lost.

Some remnant of useful effect continues to reward the race, if not the individual.
The mere material wealth bequeathed to us by our forefathers forms but an insignificant item in the sum of our inheritance.

Our birthright is made up of something far more imperishable.