text:  If indeed we could put young hearts into old bodies occasionally we might do some good; or if there could ever be combined in some fortunate individual throughout his life the good qualities peculiar to each successive climacteric; if we could mix just enough of the acid and the bitter which are apt to predominate so unhappily after a long rubbing through the world to qualify the fiery spirit of youth and prevent its sweetness from cloying the compound would undoubtedly be a very pleasant one