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What Ben Franklin can teach us about aging politicians

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At the close of the convention, with its outcome still in doubt, Franklin delivered an impassioned plea for something rarely celebrated today: doubt. Franklin doubted whether the Constitution drafted over the preceding few months was the best version possible, but he was going to sign it anyway: “For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being oblig’d, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.” The older he grew, Franklin continued, the more likely he was to question his own judgment and to “pay more Respect to the Judgment of others.”

A 3-year-old voicemail goes viral, leads to emotional reunion

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Work is unpredictable and you are ready for work, you know what I’m saying, Miss Emilia? So just come the same way as if you were coming for work. And just tell yourself, ‘I worked hard for this.’ Other than that, honey, I will see you tomorrow in the afternoon. And come with a smile because I’ll have one already.

What a sweet gesture.

105-year-old Stanford student graduates with master’s degree 8 decades after finishing coursework

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She was inspired to pursue an education career by her grandmother, who was a pre-Civil War educator in Kansas, and her aunt, who served as principal of a West Los Angeles school.

However, her boyfriend at the time, George Hislop, was called to serve in World War II, so the two got married and Virginia Hislop left Stanford after completing her coursework but before handing in her thesis, according to the university.

Never too late.