"The right old age means strength and beauty and mirth and courage and clear eyes and strong painless limbs."
- The Princess and the Goblin, by George MacDonald
I guess we'll have to take what ever old age we get, whether it looks "right" or not. That last feature mentioned might be the hardest to maintain. Courage and mirth will help, if and when the limbs get achey. Gretchen Joanna
I think Geo. MacDonald was referring to a far more perfect world where everything is as it should be. The way "old age" was meant to be, perhaps? :)
Oh, if only indeed! :D
I guess we'll have to take what ever old age we get, whether it looks "right" or not. That last feature mentioned might be the hardest to maintain. Courage and mirth will help, if and when the limbs get achey.
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I think Geo. MacDonald was referring to a far more perfect world where everything is as it should be. The way "old age" was meant to be, perhaps? :)
DeleteOh, if only indeed! :D
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