November 7, 2017

NEVER QUIT-Part 16

For every greatachiever,age is not barrier,but a sourceof inspiration and strength.Thurgood Marshal,the first black judge inAmerican Supreme Court deliveredbestverdict in hisold age and still was 85 going strong;Oliver Wendel HolmesJnr,unarguably Americanbest jurist at age 90 when he died,served for 30 years,also delivered hisbest judgement as he grewolder;the masteroftherolls,Lord Denning,arguablythe best judge in the20th century,at90.Kayode Esho,the father ofjudicial activism,wasstillactive in the judiciary,afterretirement,in his 80s,before his death,same forF.R.A.William,the nation's first senior advocate of Nigeria-S.A.N,Nigerian first female S.A.N.Foluke Solanke at 85,Prof.Ben Nwabueze at 90,did not back off.Pablo Picassowas stillpaintingatage 91 whileCervantes the brainbehind spanishcivilwar completed thatrevolutionary book"Don Quixote"when he was 70.Caleb in the Bible,was 85 when he claimed his inheritance from Moses;Goethe finished his poem,"Faust"at 82,konrad Adenaeur was chancellor of West Germany

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