There is a direct line of descent from Socrates and Plato via St. Augustine to Descartes.

从苏格拉底和柏拉图经圣奥古斯丁到笛卡尔有一条直系血统。

Hellen Kelly offers consultations to help guests trace their Irish line of descent using official records.

Hellen Kelly 提供咨询服务，帮助客人使用官方记录追踪他们的爱尔兰血统。

These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations.

这些是诺亚儿子们的宗族，按照他们的血统，在他们的国家里。

So it probably will be with many whole collateral lines of descent, which will be conquered by later and improved lines.

因此，它可能会有许多完整的后代子系， 它们将被后来的和改进的子系所征服。

Some of these inequalities might be obvious, based on what we’ve talked about already – like patrilineal lines of descent that make it impossible for women to hold wealth or gain power.

根据我们已经讨论过的内容，这些不平等中的一些可能是显而易见的——比如父系血统使得女性不可能拥有财富或获得权力。

We possess no pedigree or armorial bearings; and we have to discover and trace the many diverging lines of descent in our natural genealogies, by characters of any kind which have long been inherited.

我们没有血统或纹章；我们必须根据长期遗传的任何一种特征， 在我们的自然谱系中发现和追踪许多不同的血统。