Show AGE AND ACHIEVEMENT Some few years ago about the time timer Dr r Osier Ier established his fame tame in lis lils cuing the age limit for tor men it was wan the popular thing to Ja ay on the th achievements of youth In finance In commerce in railroad operation in al 01 almost almost most every line of oC conspicuous activity the popular mode was as the eulogy of youth and depreciation of age as a fac factor factor tor toe In great undertakings I Synchronously with the collapse of ot ott last hut t fall and the Immediate Imm assumption of command In the mone market by bythe bythe bythe the older and II re conservative leaders lead IS of oC affairs came a reaction The Th news newspaper paper peper and magazine magaz ne writers discovered that a good many men past the Osler Osier limit were er the main dependence of the nation in a great crisis They The discovered discovered ered too that while some 5 me young men had bad established remarkable records in great Jre t th the final 1 I I II 0 nonn o n ity it the direct ct command is usually with melt such experience as Is usually limited to 10 the older men They The began to recall Gladstone guiding an empire Van Moltke e planning a marvelous campaign at 80 60 Bismarck at more than that age ago dominating the diplomacy of or Europe EuropeA A recent article elaborates on this discovery discover and recalls Mark Mak Twains lit entry emry power when he ha Is over 70 Dr Mitchells distinguished protes professional and literary service crowned by bya a new book at 76 Then It enumerates a long list liat among which are Andrew White in active diplomatic maUc life lIf up to the age agoo ot 70 Dr Newcomb still vig vigorous vigorous orous now though over 70 Pierpont Morgan I Andrew Carnegie Darwin Hart Herbert ert Spencer Richard Wagner Vagner John J hn FIske Fike FI ke the historian and a host of o others whose greatest work was done after thoy they had reached 60 Professor ProCesS r Nathan Nattan Nat an Shaler comment commenting ing lug on his tudy study of longevity iong II says ays that the Ule examples cited as well we 1 as all the statistics available show that while youth may achieve extraordinary re suits sulta particularly where whore physical ca capacity is important the great and per permanent permanent manent achievements of oC the world are ao largely due to men who have passed middle life lite and have profited by the re ra reflection and experience which Is l possible possible possible ble only to the themen men en of ot the oler gener generations generations atlo |