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

was named Today; now I am Yesterday, and carry upon me the eternal stain of your embrace. I am one of the leaves of a growing book. There are many pages before me. Some day you shall turn us all over and read us and know what you are. I am pale, for I have no hope. Only memories. I am rich, for I have wisdom. I bore you a child, and left him with you. His name is Experience. You do not like to look at me. I am not pretty. I am majestic, fateful, serious. You do not love my voice. It does not speak to your desires; it is cool and even and full of prudence. I am Yesterday; yet I am the same as Today and Forever; for I AM YOU; and you cannot escape from yourself. 158 FOUR MINUTE ESSAYS Sometimes I talk with my companions about you. Some of us carry the scars of your cruelty. Some the wretchedness of your crime. Some the beauty of your good­ness. We do not love you. We do not hate you. We judge you. We have no compassion; only Today has that. We have no encouragement for you; only Tomorrow has that. We stand at the front door

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