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21, by Frank Crane
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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.
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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
CHAPTER
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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 Twe