In the context of this excerpt from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry Thoreau, what does the word posterity mean?
This American government—what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will. It is a sort of wooden gun to the people themselves.
being remedied
a flawed government
future generations
a type of pest or vermin
a stubborn person

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In the context of this excerpt from “Civil Disobedience” by Henry Thoreau, the word posterity means future generations.He says that the American government is trying to survive in order to transmit itself to future generations, the ones which will follow.

The answer is C: Future Generations. The definition of the word "posterity" is: "All future generations of people." Therefore, it just makes sense :)