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That which should accompany old age???honor?does not fall to those who go by too many aliases, like the steamship Yankton. She was offered at auction in New York; the highest bid was $2,700; the United States Marshall refused the price; and her sale was put over until another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Yankton | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

...nothing to seek for themselves. And they are saved by years of exacerbating contact with youth from the danger of ever becoming old. They are the elder guardians of Plato's Republic deprived of nothing but the authority which they deserve. They are the rarest phenomena of our age???men who have taken time to be wise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Presidents Emeriti | 5/19/1923 | See Source »

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