because one has reached the age of forty, or fifty, instead of reversing the rule and
expressing gratitude for having reached the age of wisdom and understanding.The habit of killing off initiative, imagination, and self- reliance by falsely
believing one's self too old to exercise these qualities. The habit of the man or
woman of forty dressing with the aim of trying to appear much younger, and
affecting mannerisms of youth; thereby inspiring ridicule by both friends and
strangers.THE FEAR OF DEATH
To some this is the cruelest of all the basic fears. The reason is obvious. The
terrible pangs of fear associated with the thought of death, in the majority of cases, may
be charged directly to religious fanaticism. So-called "heathen" are less afraid of death
than the more "civilized." For hundreds of millions of years man has been asking the
still unanswered questions, "whence" and "whither." Where did I come from, and
where am I going?
During the darker ages of the past, the more cunning and crafty were not
slow to offer the answer to these questions, FOR A PRICE. Witness, now, the major
source of origin of the FEAR OF DEATH.