Excerpt from When You Grow Older<br><br>None of us is getting any younger. Some of us more of us than ever before in history are already old. All of us, if we live long enough, will eventually arrive at that stage.<br><br>Most men meet the problems of old age suddenly and dramatic ally as the time approaches for retirement. Take Mr. A., for example. For months before his retirement, Mr. A is queried about his plans. He is evasive. He cannot imagine himself out of busi ness, and says so. The farewell dinner finally arrives. There is an evening of tribute, testimonials, anecdotes, best wishes, gifts, capped by a presentation of a scroll signed by every member of the firm.<br><br>During the celebration the honored guest is overcome with contradictory emotions and a little dazed. The next few days are mostly shock. The irony of the retirement tribute begins to dawn on the retired person. At that parting dinner, he says to himself, they covered me with garlands, then exiled me from the human race and sent me off into the wilderness.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.