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Title: 21

Author: Frank Crane

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[Illustration: 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
I. If I were Twenty-One I would do the next thing
II. If I were Twenty-One I would adjust myself
III. If I were Twenty-One I would take care of my body
IV. If I were Twenty-One I would train my mind
V. If I were Twenty-One I would be happy
VI. If I were Twenty-One I would get married
VII. If I were Twenty-One I would save money
VIII. If I were Twenty-One I would study the art of pleasing
IX. 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
X. 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 by
F