“And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; / Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.”
Bible
“GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.”
Ambrose Bierce
“In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.”
C. Wright Mills
“The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.”
Virgil
“The descent to Avernus is easy”
“The descent to Hades is the same from every place.”
Anaxagoras
“high rates of descent may be required due to terrain.”
Charles Feldman
