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Show FUTURE USLJ OF OLD ACfP. When Elderly Peoplo Will Do Most of the World'o Work. Our old men nro going to bo our future workers, if wo aro to credit a theory propounded in a recent work of Prof. Ell Mctchnikoff, of tho Pasteur Pas-teur lnstltuto In Paris. Ho reminds us that, in tho caso of somo of tho most IndiiatrlotiB of tho lower creatures, crea-tures, such as ants and bees, tho workers nro distinct from tho breeders, breed-ers, a third or neutral sex havng been ovolvod by modlllcatlon of ono or both of tho others. With man, no neutral sex has appeared, but both sexes cease tho work of reproduction at a Hxed poriod of life. This, then, is the most favorablo period for work, and, when sclonco has eliminated tho infirmities of age, as Prof. Melchnl-koff Melchnl-koff btllovcs It is now able, or soon will bo able, to do, tho aged will bo our most vigorous and efficient tollers. Thl3 Is a paradoxical conclusion, and one that will hardly gain tho couacnt of all phypiHonists. Success. |