Hes a smiling gnome. a little slouched to be sure. still with an accent. never able or willing to forget the old country. his mind still bright as a ruby. But the grace of his gentle old age. the fragile but enduring vitality in his face. somehow gives a silent narration of the whole 20th century in the life of America. In it you can read immigrant zeals and conflicts. struggling to make it. later the orthodoxy of success. the comfort and maturity it brought. Does it also tell about a 90yearold dentist who still calls his stockbroker three times a day. or one who is beguiled by the prospect of real estate as a good second career when he hits 100? Not everything is orthodox about William Medalie.
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