The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-28

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created a sensation He has now Issued
a statement saying hi WAS misunderstood,
creative genius, last3n hit gave out the
following signed sta tenent:
have been 50 n1isquoted q IN the
% papers that II should like to make the
f following Statement Il.
Firs tt \ did not say that men at III
83s sixty should be AZ hlorof formed; that
III was the point III the novel to which.
81 I referred, ana 4 on which the plot III
hinged. la ss y U, C II. II hi &.
second othing AZ 1.-THE criticisms I.
Il. have ssha Ken my conviction that tho
i; telling y ork Of u AgSt l,e world has been
done and Isl done. BI IIlnen under forty
years aof 81 &C. n Thes Exceptions which
have been given only illustrat c the
# rule. III; N e$ IA
bird II s would abes for the genera ! III
IS good III a'menfat sixty were relieved n
from active * q y. should miss
VI the energlc sa Of SDmeT Youngs-o old mem
but. on the whole, it Wouldabe OF the
greatest service to1..the sexagenarli #
themselv YES. ~;
ss Oh, thosmorning'a ftelrtlle address tyS Dr.
{ Osler tho Baltimore American contained
report Of tie speech, In which
account was the follow ne /, RI
Ss Dr. Osler next nnno unc ed that he had
two fixed IDEAS which sometimes bored
Ills friends--one the com para tive useless
ness OF men above forty years 4 Of / q zee.
the otlier the q bsoltlte uselessness of men men
above SIX tyEy years o age. VI ,5.$
sSESS....Gg.Take tho sum-, he said, OF human
achievement In action. in science, In art,
lin literature, subtract II he5 work ;.of tie
men above fort y, and, while We should
miss great treasures even prl ess i cas-
8,lres-we would practically DO where we
are to- day. It is. difficult to name great
and 1gfar-reaclling conquest & of tho mindy
which has not been given to the world
SFby q man on whose back the sun was still
shining. The effective, moving liz!ngs
work OF the world IS done between the
ages OF twenty-five sands forty--t hese tif-S
teen golden years of plenty the nnabolc
or constructive period, IN which there IS
always a balance IN the men tai bank and
tho credit:is still good. IN the science and i
art or media there has not been an ad-g
vance OF tho first rank which aus. not been
Initiated by young orssgconlparltiYelya 4
young Z, me III. Vesaliu arSey, III unter,Sl
53ichat, IIaennec, Vlrchowi3 Lister, Is och
tho green years were yet upon their heads
when their Sepoch-mak ing stnd,es were
made, r. mod fy an old saying, q man
is sane morally ut thirty rlcl, mentally at
forty, wise spiritually mt tlftS-orl never.
s&.n,It would be an incalculable benefit5in
commercially, political and prof ional n fo
II men stopped work a u 90 years Of ago,
Donno tells&us In his "Blathanat To-" Is that
by tho laws OF certain wise q ates sexil-
genurii were 5precipithted from N bridge
and lii ,Romo mon Of that age were not
Sto tho suffrage. and they We're
called "Depontani," because tho way to
tho Senate was "per pontem" and they
from age were not permitted to come
lither.3$ In that charming novel, IA" The
FIXED !, 4 period, n. Anthony S'TroIlope dis
cusses the practical dvantaaes In mod
ernSllfeS OF afreturn to thi ancient USAGE,
and the pilot hinges on the #admlrable,I
scheme OF al,coIlege Into which at slxtytl
men retired for Year OF contemplaton{|
before az peaceful departure by choro,
form. a e Il tSs & 35 ss3 y 3sa
s8'.isThat IncacuIabIe benefits might fol.
low such a scheme Is apparent to any
one who, like myself, Is nearing the llnlt,|
and Who had made a carefu stud OF the
caIamltIes which may befall me during
the seventh ana $elanSH #uSCaucs' AZ alll H.
moro when, lie contemplates the many
evllslwhlch thep perpetrate unconsc louss
~ and 8 with impunltS, AS 1t can DO T
maintained that all the great adypncesl|
have come from men under forty, 90 the
history OF the world shows that q very
large proportion OF the evils may BIO
traced to the sexagenarlans--ne ALL.
tho great mistakes, politically and soet
ally, all OF the worst poems, most OF the,
bad pictures, majority Of the bad I
novels, not few of tho bad sermons
and speeches ] Is not to be denied that |,
there, is q seXag HARLAN whose
mind, las Cicero lemalSs, stands out Of I,
reach OF tho body's decay. Such "a one,
has elearned the secret Of llprmlppus
that ancient Roman, who, feellngs;that I
the silver cord was loosenlng, Z CUT himself
clear fromSall companions his own aF;esE
and betook himself to tho company sof
young men, mlngllng with their games
and studies, md so lived to I the age OF
l5s q pueroFpmS iiahltu repocillatps et fedu7 {
catus "a "A nd there Is ruth IN The story,f
since IL is only those who liye With tho
young who maintain q fresh outlook on
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