Modern Methuselahs, or, Short biographical sketches of a few advanced nonagenarians or actual centenarians who were distinguished in art, science, literature, or philanthropy. Also, brief notices of some individuals remarkable chiefly for their longevity / By John Burn Bailey. With an introductory chapter on "long-lasting".

  • Bailey, John Burn.
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1888
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Credit: Modern Methuselahs, or, Short biographical sketches of a few advanced nonagenarians or actual centenarians who were distinguished in art, science, literature, or philanthropy. Also, brief notices of some individuals remarkable chiefly for their longevity / By John Burn Bailey. With an introductory chapter on "long-lasting". Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER II. ST. ANTHONY THE GREAT. Hither, and with one accord, Sing the servants of the Lord : Sing each great ascetic sire ; Anthony shall lead the choir. Let Euthymius next him stand, Then, in order, all the band. [Translated hy the Rev. Dr. Neale from the Greek of St. Tlieophancs, of the 8th century, for the Commemoration Bay of All Holy Ascetics. Pilgrim of heaven ! thou hast no home on earth. Thou art journeying onward to a house not made with hands ; and, like the first apostles of thy faith, thou takest neither gold, nor silver, nor hrass, nor scrip for thy journey. Thou hast shut thy heart to the endearments of earthly love, thy shoulder beareth not the burden with thy fellow-man Thou standest aloof from man—and art thou nearer God] I know not. Thy motives, thy intentions, thy desires, are registered in heaven. I am thy fellow- man, and not thy judge. II. AV. Longfellow. There have been holy men, who hid themselves Deep in the woody wilderness, and gave Their lives to thought and prayer, till they outlived The generation born with them, nor seemed Less aged than the hoary trees and rocks Around them; and there have been holy men, Who deemed it were not well to pass life thus. ^X. C. Bryant. According to tlie usual divisions of history, St. Anthony can scarcely be included among modern