The answer to old age is to... by Leon Edel, an American Critic

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“The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.”

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Name: Leon Edel

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Sep 9, 1907

Date of Death: Sep 5, 1997

Profession: Critic

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