Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosycheeks, red

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy

cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of will, a qualification of the i-【M1】______

magination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the fresh of the deep springs of life. 【M2】______

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of

the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists a man of 60 【M3】______

more than a boy of 20. Nobody grow old merely by the number of years. We 【M4】______

grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but give in enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. 【M5】______

Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart or turns the spirit back to dust. 【M6】______

Whether 60 or 16, there is every human being's heart the lure of wonder,

the unfailing childlike appetite of what' s next and the joy of the game of living. 【M7】______

In the center of your heart and my heart where there is a wireless station: so 【M8】______

long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from

men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered by snows of cynicism 【M9】______

and the ice of pessimism, then you are growing old, even at 20, however as 【M10】______

long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may

die young at 80.

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