The perpetuation of life and youth, and the production of gold.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
As soon as one virtue has become habitual and enters into our character, we can leave it, trusting it in the hands of this unconscious power of self-perpetuation; and then we can turn the energy thus freed toward the acquisition of new virtues.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
Already it had been spoken of as a day much to be remembered, and for its perpetuation the ordinance of the Passover had been founded.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick