William James, the great psychologist , said that most men are "old fogies at twenty-five". He was right. Most men at twenty-five are satisfied with their jobs. They have closed their minds to all new ideas; they have stopped to grow. The minute a man stops to grow -no matter what his years -that minute he begins to be old. On the other hand, the really great man never grows old. Goethe passed away at eighty-three, and finished his only a few years earlier; Gladstone took up a new language when he was seventy. Laplace, the astronomer, was still at work when death caught up with him at seventy-eight. He died crying, "What we know is nothing; what we do not know is immense (extremely large)." And there you have the real answer to the question, "When is a man old?" Laplace at seventy-eight died young. He was still unsatisfied, still sure that he had a lot to learn. As long as a man can keep himself in that attitude of mind, as long as he can look back on every year and say, "I grew", he is still young. The minute he ceases (stops) to grow, the minute he says to himself, "I know all that I need to know," -that day youth stops. He may be twenty-five or seventy-five; it makes no difference. On that day he begins to be old. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What does William James do?
2. What is the profession of William James?
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Q2:
1. What did William James say about most men?
2. What was William James' quip regarding the majority of men?
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Q3:
1. Does William James have the correct opinion regarding the majority of men?
2. Is William James right about most men?
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Q4:
1. How was William James right about most men?
2. What justifies William James' observation about most men?
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Q5:
1. What about men who don't become old fogies at 25?
2. What happens to men who don't grow old by 25?
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Q6:
1. What did Gladstone take on?
2. What was Gladstone's project?
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Q7:
1. At what age did Gladstone take on a new language?
2. How old was Gladstone when he started learning a new language?
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Q8:
1. What were Laplace's emotions upon his death?
2. What was Laplace's emotional state on his deathbed?
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Q9:
1. Why was Laplace unsatisfied upon dying?
2. Why didn't Laplace feel fulfilled at the time of his death?
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Q10:
1. Did LaPlace believe that we knew anything?
2. Was LaPlace of the opinion that we had a good grip on things?
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