...bodily decline ; that, in many cases, a few years more of bodily decrepitude produce no effect npon the mind; and that, in some instances, its faculties...possession of all their mental powers, while few can then hoast of more than the remains of physical strength : and instances are not wanting of persons who,...

...before sixty ; and therefore is better when the body is enfeebled, at the age of fifty-eight or s • fifty-nine, than it was in the acme of the corporeal...generality of men ; that men continue to seventy-five or seventy -six in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can boast then of more than the...

...better when the body is enfeebled, at the age of fifty-eight or fifty-nine, than it was in the ncme of the corporeal faculties thirty years before. It is equally certain, that while the hody is rapidly decaying, between sixty or sixty-three and seventy, the mind suffers hardly any loss...

...contemporaneous with that of the body, after an advanced period of life. For it is an undoubted fact, and almost universally true, that the mind before...before. It is equally certain, that while the body is sensibly decaying, between sixty or sixty-three and seventy, the mind suffers hardly any loss of strength...

...exceptions and limitations as to destroy the force of the argument. " It is certain," says Lord Brougham, " that the strength of the body, its agility, its patience...strength in the generality of men ; that men continue till seventy-five or seventy-six in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can then boast...

...exceptions and limitations as to destroy the force of the argument. " It is certain," says Lord Brougham, " that the strength of the body, its agility, its patience...strength in the generality of men ; that men continue till seventy-five or seventy-six in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can then boast...

...; and that in some instances its faculties remain bright to the last, surviving almost totally the total extinction of the corporeal endowments. It is...generality of men, that men continue to seventy-five in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can then boast of more than the remains of...

...condition being observed, that neither mind nor body have been abused and prematurely wasted. Mpreover, " it is equally certain, that while the body is rapidly...hardly any loss of strength in the generality of men ; and men continue to seventy-five or seventy-six in possession of all their mental powers, while few...

...strength of the body, its agility, its patience of fatigue, indeed all its qualities, de- i.. cline from thirty at the latest, and yet the mind is improving...strength in the generality of men ; that men continue till seventy-five or seventy-six in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can then boast...

...vouchsafed to us that the bodily frame is suffering dilapidation.1 Even of this natural decay there are decline from thirty at the latest, and yet the mind...generality of men ; that men continue to seventy-five in the possession of all their mental powers, while few can then boast of more than the remains of...