THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
houses are built adjacent to streams.” “Age,” 
says an eminent physician, “is dryness and ossifi- 
cation. To remain young, drink water — pure 
and soft water. Judicious fasting, plentiful water- 
drinking, deep breathing, daily bathing, individual 
thinking, bring health, beauty and success.” I 
shall feel that my book has failed of a chief end, 
if it do not quicken in you a resolve that, whatever 
else you deny yourself and your family, you will 
make sure of a deep, unfailing supply of pure 
water. 
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