Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-11
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board Of guardians or county court
Judge, with all proper and human OBJ
servances, our social rubbish may be
consigned.
This is the logical outcome Of theo.
ries that one hears mooted with more
or less seriousness in certain quarters
It is carollary Of the doctrine Of
evolution pushed to its legitimate con.
illusions. for the survival Of the fit.
test involves the destruction Of the
unfit and existence must cease to be
struggle unless the vanquished are
exterminated. Whatever we abandon
the ethical or religious standpoint that
involves the reversal Of the cosmic
process. whatever material enjoyment
is regarded as the highest good and
death as the be-all and end-all, we may
iustifiably revert to "tooth and claw "
and summarily dispose Of our super
fluous creatures
Now / hope shall not, like my
friend Professor Osler, be identified
with the views ] am quoting in diri
sion and denounced as an advocate Of
an atrocious short way with social dis.
sentcrs or nonconformists. Professor
Osler was merely playful in his refer.
ence TO sexagenarian immolotion, but
he was serious In his treatment Of old
age generally and dealt with It in a
manner which I regard rs unjust. lie
maintained, unjestingly, and following
close In the footsteps Of the late DR..
George NJ Beard Of New York, that
the effective, moving vitalizing work
Of the world has been done between
the ages Of % and 40, and that above
the latter age men are comparatively
useless. Subtracting, he said, from the
sum Of human achievement In action.
In science, In literature and In art.
the work Of the men above 40. We
should be. Notwithstanding the loss Of
a few scattered treasures Of great price
practically where We are today. 1t
would be an incalculablc benefit, he
argued, In commercial, In political and
in professional life, n men stopped
work at 90 years Of age.
Tho most vigorous period of human
life In he entirety is obviously be.
tween the ages Of % and 40 years Of
age. but 60 say that men above tho
latter age are comparatively useless
is 10 ny In the face Of the biograph.
ical dictionary Much Of tho best
work OF the world has been done by
men over 40. and We should by no
means stand where We arc, but would
be back In the twilight ages n be.
rcft Of what they had accomplished.
/ could quote numerous instances Ia
every department. Of human activity
In rofuiation Of osler's age limit Of
40, and were a balance struck between
the truly great and eiieetual achieve.
meuts of men at from $40 % 40 on the
one hand and 40 10 so on the other
1 am inclined 90 think that Ia proper
lion 10 tho numbers living in these
two decades respectively tho adyan
tago would be- with the latter not only
IN magnitude but IN profitalleuess to
Aud further / am prepased 90 main
tain that long after go, and long after
go, when. according 90 Osler, compul
sorry retirement and silence should be
imposed upou ail sorts and conditions
OF men, contributions of uestimable
value have been made knowledge
and the arts aud sciences.
have h'nteI that Do ue higher.
nerve centers evolution goes oa pto|
ia lie, and that even in what B, called
Old age tae freshness of youth may
sometimes survive. And ! tale hint-
ed also that the natural evolution of
our nerve euters is largely inter
fered with and TOO often arrested hy
ieleterious habits OF life or methods Of
work, and that o,d age is thus prema-
iuFely induced unduly abbreviated.
or loaded with infirmities that DO not
necessarily belong 10 a.. And IL I were
asked 10 what extent retrogressiou Is
thus FASTENED and old age abbreviated
would say that it is a good working
hypothesis that the natural life of
man is 100 aud that in SO far as it
falls short OF that il is "eurtailed Of
fair proportion.
Every man is, I think, entitled 10
bis century, and every woman TO
century and little more, for women
i've longer than men. Every child
should he brought up impressed with
he obligation of living 10 100. and