AGE OF ACHIEVEMENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 79, 13 January 1928, Page 8

AGE OF ACHIEVEMENT.

WHEN IS A MAN TOO OLD?

How old is too old? Many kerbstone philosophers, at least those- unde! oO hears of age, contend that little oi worth is accomplished by men who have passed the. half-century niaik. Youth is accustomed to looking at 4 as the peak age, and that is a H° Jr®tablished by some compounders of sue cess formulas as the age at whicha man must have made Jus world if be is going to make it. But T)r W. A. Newman Holland, or Bill cago, discovers the peak of achievement has. been set back considera y\ Summarising the lives oi 400 of tii most famous man in history. ,n ,, an f a +} 1 ' cle in the “Welfare Magazine, of the State of Illinois, Dr. Borland draws the conclusion that renowned men hvg fiom 20 to 30 years longer than those past ages, and that they reach the peak achievement 10 years later m bfe. He states that CO was tne average age at which the 400 did their best work but that world leaders who are stdl liyin„ do not reach the limit of their ability until they are past 60 or close to <o. -In the world iar all the great commander on both sides— Hindenhuig, vcm Bulow, Foch, Haig, Pershing-were 60 or near it,” Hr. Borland wiites. M(Pierpont Morgan, at the age of 1 0, rais ed 40,000,000 dollars m 40 hours and stopped the panic of 19Q/. Ojm ously, the practice of’urging leUre ment on men. who have leacned 60 is unwise. If the United States were to lose the services of its outstanding youth can no longer he gauged by years. .