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Four Minute Essays By Dr. Frank Crane: 101 total pages.

fidelity, and so on, but you don't seem to be able to start anything. Including yourself. Now, good and faithful workers are need­ed in this world, for there's a deal of ma­chinery to keep running, and chores to do, but there are also a lot of people to attend to such things, as they can't do anything else. And if that's all you can do, or all you want or hope to do, well and good. I hope 32 FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS you'll get your due wages, be a faithful member of the party, and die in your bed. I throw no bricks at you. I hope you'll be respected, protected, and even, upon oc­casion, uplifted. But if you want to rise from the ranks, step out, and be Somebody, you'll have to get you a Self-Starter. For only the Self-Starting folks arrive at the grand show on time to get an aisle seat up in front. I notice from your conversation that you lay a good deal of stress on Luck and Ac­quaintance and Having a Pull and all that sort of thing. I'm not denying these are good things. They help a fellow get along. But the trouble is they are of value only to the man that can get along without them.

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