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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> > Why, shucks, I remember when I was 55, I . . .
>
> The story is told of one of the British statesmen who was still in  
> office at
> the age of 100. ... "Ah .. to be
> seventy again!"

A similar thing is reported on this side of the pond:

At:
www.lawandeverythingelse.com/id55.htm

"...I've read a number of biographies of Justice Holmes and four or  
five volumes of his letters. It was never a secret that he liked  
burlesque, pretty women, and racy French novels. When he was eighty  
and spotted a pretty woman, he said, "Ah, to be seventy again!"  ... "

Roy

Roy Morgan
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Lovettsville, VA 20180