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Show 'It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged. They have been over the road that ,l ail of us must travel and know where it is difficult and rough and where it is leuelandeasy.' Plato: "The Republic." 379 B.C. The presidential candidates candi-dates are focusing on the problems of the 22 million Americans over age fi5. Often, the more than, one billion years of accumulated experience, experi-ence, expertise and knowledge knowl-edge that the nation's senior citizens represent and their accomplishments and contributions contri-butions to society, go unrecognized. unrecog-nized. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., crafted some his most powerful opinions in his 10th decade... Eleanor Roosevelt continued her energetic en-ergetic campaign for human rights into her early 70's... At 80, Verdi composed the comic opera "Falstaff" and conducted rehearsals himself him-self .. .C o 1 o nel Harland Sanders pioneered tfcf Kentucky Fried Chictc franchising system at the m of 66 and at 86 continues as goodwill ambassador. But these persons in a: vanced years who have fat fortune or popularity art t: the only builders and cor.2v butors. For this reason tb National Council on ie.V mn and the Kentucky Fr-: Chicken Family have e$u lished the "Senior Citizen c! the Month" awards to tfecs-nir.e tfecs-nir.e less well-known persons who. each in tVj own way. give of themes to their families. commun:: and society. |