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Beautiful is old age—beautiful as the slow-dropping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer. in the old man, nature has fulfilled her work; she loads him with blessings; she fills him with the fruits of a well-spent life; and, surrounded by his children and his children's children, she rocks him softly away to a grave, to which he is followed with blessings. god forbid we should not call it beautiful.
-James Anthony Froude
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Beautiful Is Old Age—beautiful As The Slow-dropping

James Anthony Froude
Beautiful is old age—beautiful as the slow-dropping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer. in the old man, nature has fulfilled her work; she loads him with blessings; she fills him with the fruits of a well-spent life; and, surrounded by his children and his children's children, she rocks him softly away to a grave, to which he is followed with blessings. god forbid we should not call it beautiful.
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