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How many have any superabundance of vitality with which to meet the wear and strain of life ? And yet they call themselves well . But is it possible , in maturity , to have the joyful fullness of the life of childhood ? Experience has shown that the delicious freshness of this dawning hour may be preserved even to midday , and may be brought back and restored after it has been for years a stranger . Nature , though a severe disciplinarian , is still , in many respects , most patient and easy to be entreated , and meets any repentant movement of her prodigal children with wonderful condescension . Take Bulwer 's account of the first few weeks of his sojourn at Malvern , and you will read , in very elegant English , the story of an experience of pleasure which has surprised and delighted many a patient at a water-cure . The return to the great primitive elements of health -- water , air , and simple food , with a regular system of exercise -- has brought to many a jaded , weary , worn-down human being the elastic spirits , the simple , eager appetite , the sound sleep , of a little child .