A persistent suggestion heard in human thought is that recovery from this or that diseased condition cannot be expected because of a person's advanced years, or time of life.
Thomas Jefferson wrote to his fellow Founding Father of the United States, James Madison, "I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing.
All that's worthwhile and constructive on the human scene— human government, sound education, and so on—derives from the Divine and echoes it in some degree.