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C.D. Warner, et al., comp.
The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

Extracts from Amiel’s Journal: Secret of Remaining Young

By Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)

Translation of Mary Augusta Ward

DECEMBER 4TH, 1863.—The whole secret of remaining young in spite of years, and even of gray hairs, is to cherish enthusiasm in one’s self, by poetry, by contemplation, by charity,—that is, in fewer words, by the maintenance of harmony in the soul.