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Succession

Succession is the act or process of following in order or sequence. It may further refer to:

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Famous quotes containing the word succession:

    “Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “The usual derivation of the word Metaphysics is not to be sustained ... the science is supposed to take its name from its superiority to physics. The truth is, that Aristotle’s treatise on Morals is next in succession to his Book of Physics.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    “The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces—in nature, in society, in man himself.”
    —Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)