On human longevity and the amount of life upon the globe / by P. Flourens ; translated from the French second edition, by Charles Martel.

  • Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867.
Date:
1855
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Credit: On human longevity and the amount of life upon the globe / by P. Flourens ; translated from the French second edition, by Charles Martel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    study, of moderation, and of sobriety in all things. On the moral side, the prospect is no less beautiful. What happy old men ! And what examples of the most delicate and noble facul- ties unceasingly perfected ! Fontenelle, Voltaire, Buffon—Bossuet—if it may be permitted to cite this great name, in questions purely human. 1 should wish that this book may teach all men the respect necessary to old age. To the young man, who will never be in- structed, except through old men; to the man of mature years, who will soon reckon, with bitter regret, the present moment, lost for useful action ; to the old man, who cannot see himself, without pride, honoured in the age be- yond which there is no other in this world: the age in which the soul feels itself nearer to God ; the sacred age of life.