“The later decades of a life become the time for our capabliites to find an unscattered focus, and in this way increase the force of their concentraled worth.”

— Sherwin B. Nuland

[The art of aging: a doctor's prescription for well-being, 2008, Random House, 10, https://books.google.com/books?id=7JR_1wsxvz8C&pg=PA10]
The Art of Aging (2007)

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