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"To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary."

Ronald Blythe, British Writer

Age, Old, Past, Reason

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"To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary."

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"To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary."

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