VIRTUE OF LONGEVITY
Sir, —Who ure the great men in the world to-day? They are men ranging in years from 56 to 80 and even over. Listen to Mr Wickham Steed or Mi Churchill. If you read Sir Albert Wilson’s book on criminology and crime you will find that he says that no woman under 50 and no man under 56 has reached the height of their brain power. What one to remember is that a disused faculty becomes a dead function. Put your hand in a sling for a fortnight and note the difference. That is why so many people, when they give up work, go to seed Go on using your brain and it goes on improving unless through accident or illness. The young have the dash and go; the older people have the experience ana balance.—l am, etc., One Who Looks On. Dunedin, March 21.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 5
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