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

those that get as many pulsations as possible into the brief interval between birth and death. The desire of beauty is the highest wis- 180 FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS dom. And the desire of beauty is that much misunderstood thing we call art. Art does not mean only paintings and statues and stuffy collections; it means the laying out of the soul upon beauty, the hunger and thirst after beauty-and blessed are they that have it, for they shall be filled. "Art," says a great critic, "comes to you professing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake." 121 TEN SUCCESS HUNCHES A. VERY human letter lies before me. "I read your editorials daily," says the writer, a young man, "and have been es­pecially interested in those that touch upon ambition and opportunity. "Now I would like you to answer me just one question. What is a young man to do when he reaches the age of twenty-one with no special training? He has lots of ambi­tion, besides ability to work, but he finds that

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