Age and etiology - Ever the Twain shall meet

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Mark Twain - conservative? Hmm. Well, almost nothing old Sam said was

without irony. For example:

 

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical

invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

- Notebook, 1898

 

He must have gotten his irony gene from his mother, who said something also

about health and longevity:

" I don't suppose there was much danger. People born to be hanged are safe in

water. " -- remark by Mark Twain's mother when learning of his narrow escape

from drowning in Bear Creek (as told by Alex Ayres, The Wit and Wisdom of

Mark Twain)

 

in brief,

ann

 

 

 

 

 

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> > True, but as I believe Mark Twain said, " If you're not a radical at

> > 20, you have no heart; if you're not conservative at 60, you have no

> > brain. "

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> thus they both have their value. blind dismissal of youthful passion or

blind

> acceptance of elderly wisdom, blind anything, is problematic.

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