Flappers and Philosophers

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Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Dalyrimple Goes Wrong

In the millennium an educational genius will write a book to be given to every young man on the date of his disillusion. This work will have the flavor of Montaigne’s essays and Samuel Butler’s note-books—and a little of Tolstoi and Marcus Aurelius. It will be neither cheerful nor pleasant but will contain numerous passages of striking humor. Since first-class minds never believe anything very strongly until they’ve experienced it, its value will be purely relative . . . all people over thirty will refer to it as "depressing."

This prelude belongs to the story of a young man who lived, as you and I do, before the book.

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Chicago: F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong," Flappers and Philosophers in Flappers and Philosophers (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920), Original Sources, accessed July 4, 2022, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2MHWT4TNWJK2WV6.

MLA: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong." Flappers and Philosophers, in Flappers and Philosophers, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1920, Original Sources. 4 Jul. 2022. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2MHWT4TNWJK2WV6.

Harvard: Fitzgerald, FS, 'Dalyrimple Goes Wrong' in Flappers and Philosophers. cited in 1920, Flappers and Philosophers, Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 July 2022, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2MHWT4TNWJK2WV6.