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Shaw and Immortality: Bernard Shaw on Life Span and Methuselah
The piece outlines tales of long-lived individuals and Metchnikoff ideas, then shifts to Bernard Shaw's claim of immortality. It notes Shaw's 1856 Dublin birth, his vigorous lifestyle at 71, and his play Raab in Mathsealah proposing a five act biological change toward a 300 year life. It mentions reactions to his idea of enlarging Westminster Abbey for living geniuses and the public debate on longevity.
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Nicoline Marc
Elspeth Wilson
Metchnikoff
Catherine Raymond
You
Shaw
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Methuselah
Bernard Shaw
Westminster Abbey
Strand
Bernard
Lake Maggiore
Italy
Albert Coates
Prince Troubetskoy
Dublin
Raab
Garden of Eden