The Vegetable or From President to Postman
“Any man who doesn’t want to get on in the
world, to make a million dollars, and maybe even
park his toothbrush in White House, hasn’t
got as much to him as a good dog has—he’s
nothing more or less than a vegetable.”
—From a Current Magazine.
TO KATHERINE TIGHE and EDMUND WILSON, Jr.
WHO DELETED MANY ABSURDITIES
FROM MY FIRST TWO NOVELS I RECOMMEND
THE ABSURDITIES SET DOWN HERE
THE VEGETABLE