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Doctor Heidegger’s Experiment, story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in Twice-Told Tales (1837). Elderly Dr. Heidegger and four of his contemporaries participate in his scientific experiment on aging. Dr. Heidegger applies water from the Fountain of Youth to a faded rose; the flower regains its freshness and beauty. After drinking some of the fabled water, each of the three male participants gradually reverts to young manhood and all three woo the sole female among them, whose youthful beauty also has been revived. When the vial of water is spilled accidentally, the rose withers, and the experimenters gradually are transformed to their ...(100 of 103 words)

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