His most lasting achievement as bishop was in helping to found the Charterhouse.
Abroad, he said, "I hope that putting America in the center of the future after the cold war will be a lasting achievement."
Little known at that time, it may well be his most lasting achievement.
As with so many political efforts, the committee's most lasting achievement is likely to be linguistic.
In his second hundred days, he will have to discover how to turn his ideas into lasting achievements.
So far as systematic training of diplomats was concerned, therefore, the eighteenth century saw projects and suggestions, but little lasting achievement.
Among his most lasting achievements were his works on the history of the Germanic languages.
However, by the middle of the twentieth century there had been little lasting achievement due to the difficult economic times in between.
"For better or worse, the American suburb is a remarkable and probably lasting achievement."
It is an admirable objective, a lasting achievement and, in fact, legislation we can all be proud of.