A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born. Children are radicals. Youths are conservatives, with a dash of criminal negligence. Men in their prime are liberals (as long as their digestion keeps pace with their intellect). The middle aged run to shelter: they insure their life, draft a will, accumulate mementos and occasional tables, and hope for security. And then comes old age, which repeats childhood -- a time full of humors and sadness, but often full of courage and even prophecy.

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Elwyn Brooks White: "A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born. Children are radicals. Youths are conservatives, with a dash of criminal negligence. Men in their prime are liberals (as long as their digestion keeps pace with their intellect). The middle aged run to shelter: they insure their life, draft a will, accumulate mementos and occasional tables, and hope for security. And then comes old age, which repeats childhood -- a time full of humors and sadness, but often full of courage and even prophecy."

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Accumulate	Aged	Born	Childhood
Children	Comes	Conservative	Conservatives
Courage	Criminal	Dash	Digestion
Draft	Each	Even	Follow
Full	Hope	Humors	Insure
Intellect	Keeps	Liberal	Liberals
Life	Long	Mans	Mementos
Middle	Negligence	Occasional	Often
Other	Pace	Phases	Prime
Prophecy	Radicals	Repeats	Sadness
Security	Seem	Shelter	Succession
Tables	Time	Waves	Youths

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A man's liberal and conservative phases seem to follow each other in a succession of waves from the time he is born. Children are radicals. Youths are conservatives, with a dash of criminal negligence. Men in their prime are liberals (as long as their digestion keeps pace with their intellect). The middle aged run to shelter: they insure their life, draft a will, accumulate mementos and occasional tables, and hope for security. And then comes old age, which repeats childhood -- a time full of humors and sadness, but often full of courage and even prophecy. - Elwyn Brooks White