![]() “Our machines have now been running for 70. And while England was old beyond recall, “ we are young,” he concluded.ĭuring a period when medicine and knowledge of human anatomy were all but rudimentary, old age terrified everyone. ![]() “Great Britain has past the Meridian of her Day,” wrote Edward Rutledge, at 26 the youngest delegate to sign the Declaration of Independence. In opposition to “ the Old England vices,” America was envisioned as springing out from the creativity of the young. For starters, the men who fought in the Revolution and molded the young nation were themselves very young.Īlexander Hamilton, the mastermind behind the Constitution of the United States, was only 30 when he attended the famous Philadelphia Convention, where that document was written. The Chronicle Collection/Getty Images Old ‘machines,’ giving wayĪmericans have long nurtured mixed feelings about age and aged leaders. ![]() When Joe Biden announced his first run for president, in 1987, he was much younger than he is now. ![]()
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