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Show flit j , MEN AT 70 ARE AT THEIR BEST. I 1, 'I A man approaching 70 years was one of a party of five that II ll , made the trip to the big reservoir site on South Fork. The day was I n , J j delightful and the man nearly 70 was in a reminiscent mood. He ! told of important incidents in his life work and finally said: 'i "I never felt more capable of accomplishing something worth '. ' while than now. 1 find myself of better mental poise than when a 4. J young man and the experience of an active career has taught me Hi jl many valuable lessons which I am able to apply every day," Hit Whoever invented that Osier theory Osier himself denies it B j that men at 70 should be chloroformed, did the world of humanity M 1 J an injur'. There are men at 40 who might be thrown in t,he srrap K 1 i P'le of human derelicts and never be missed, but much of the record I 1 I of human effort worth preserving has come to us from men ad- j vmiced in years The man at 70 who still persists, who has not listened to the "old-man" talk, who has not lost faith in himself, whose mental faculties are preserved, should he nt his best in aiding aid-ing in directing world affairs; his counsel should be wisdom and his judgment the separating of the chaff from the grain, as he has learned not to winnow with every wind. By the way, this man of nearly 70 has built monuments of steel, concrete and rock to his memory and he is now about to add to his achievement his greatest work. Fortunate it is for all, that wc have the old men with us to point the way. |