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    By Frank Crane

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      21 - Frank Crane

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of 21, by Frank Crane

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: 21

      Author: Frank Crane

      Release Date: November 29, 2007 [EBook #23659]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 21 ***

      Produced by Barbara and Bill Tozier.

      21

      DR. FRANK CRANE

      We may all possess wisdom if we are willing to be persuaded that the experience of others is as useful as our own. Why give to old age alone the privilege of wisdom? What would be thought of one who prided himself on possessing bracelets when he had lost his two arms in war?

      —Yoritomo, the Japanese Philosopher.

      21

      BY

      DR. FRANK CRANE

      Being the article If I Were Twenty-One

      which originally appeared in the American Magazine

      Revised by the author

      New York

      WM. H. WISE & CO.

      1930

      Copyright, 1918, by

      WM. H. WISE & CO.

      All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.

      Copyright, 1917, by the

      Crowell Publishing Company

      CONTENTS

      CHAPTER

      A Foreword

      Prelude

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      do the next thing

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      adjust myself

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      take care of my body

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      train my mind

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      be happy

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      get married

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      save money

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      study the art of pleasing

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      determine, even if I could never be anything else in the world, that I would be a thoroughbred

      If I were Twenty-One I would

      make some permanent, amicable arrangement with my conscience

      A FOREWORD

      The following note, by the editor of the American Magazine, appeared in conjunction with the publication of this story in that magazine:

      In most of the biggest cities of the United States, from New York and Chicago down, you will find people who, every night of their lives, watch for and read in their evening paper an editorial

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