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The population of the United States is growing older. Since 1920, the mature American population, those between twenty and fifty-five, has increased by approximately nineteen million, which is three quarters of our total increase in population. The demands of the aging are already becoming emphatic, and their power as a pressure group is recognized in politics. Life does not wear men out, mentally or physically. Accident and disease may do so, faulty diet may do so, depressed and discouraged mental states are certain to do so— but not activity of mind or body. Retirement is in my observation a fatality and not a blessing. I do not believe it to be a reasonable human goal. …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第352卷 第2112期 · 2026年5月刊,Roy Helton。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。