Recovery of youth spirit is considered boring and futile.

Evidence

To attempt to recover the spirit of my youth would not only have been a failure but a bore—even to those who were urging me to the task. — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1231

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hamlin Garland Munseys, A Daughter of the Middle Border, 1231