THE VEGETABLE
or
from President to postman

By
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

“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.

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1923

Copyright, 1923, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
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Printed in the United States of America
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Published April, 1923

TO KATHERINE TIGHE and EDMUND WILSON, Jr.

WHO DELETED MANY ABSURDITIES
FROM MY FIRST TWO NOVELS I RECOMMEND
THE ABSURDITIES SET DOWN HERE