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less artificial stimulation, less " pressing," as golfers say, 

 stricter avoidance of nerve-fatigue, more resolute cultiva- 

 tion of resting-habits, an effort to heighten the standard 

 of vitality rather than an effort to prolong existence such 

 are some of the conditions of remaining young. 1 



1 I have to thank the editor and proprietors of The London Quarterly 

 Review for kindly allowing me to utilise in the foregoing study an article 

 on " Growing Old " which I contributed several years ago. 



