Sam Klein, generations change, they pass their baton to the next generation as it says in Koheles
דור הולך ודור בא as pointed out eloquently by GH all gedolim above were around a hundred in age. No one should pass on any younger. It says שוב יום אחד לפני מותך repent a day before your last day. I once heard an explanation what would a person do if one knew that this is one’s last day that was returned by getting a reprieve? So one should see every day as such.
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