Abstract
IN spite of pessimistic philosophies, man still regards life as worth living, and trusts to attain to a good old age, however miserable his life may seem to impartial critics. This desire, of course, is a necessary condition of human existence, and the destruction of it would entail the extinction of the human race—a contingency, however, which is never likely to arise. Hence, we have no doubt that this volume will be eagerly scanned by innocent persons who are still in hopes of finding some panacea which will enable them to attain the desired length of days.
Old Age.
By George Murray Humphry, (Cambridge: Macmillan and Bowes, 1889.)
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S., E. Old Age. Nature 41, 484–485 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041484a0
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