| Title | : | The Adventurer |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Cyril M. Kornbluth |
| Release | : | 2012-04-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Action & Adventure, Books, Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction |
| Size | : | 223785 |
| For every evil under the sun, there's an answer. It may be a simple, direct answer; it may be one that takes years, and seems unrelated to the problem. But there's an answer?of a kind.... President Folsom XXIV said petulantly to his Secretary of the Treasury: "Blow me to hell, Bannister, if I understood a single word of that. Why can't I buy the Nicolaides Collection? And don't start with the rediscount and the Series W business again. Just tell me why." The Secretary of the Treasury said with an air of apprehension and a thread-like feeling across his throat: "It boils down to?no money, Mr. President." The President was too engrossed in thoughts of the marvelous collection to fly into a rage. "It's such a bargain," he said mournfully. "An archaic Henry Moore figure?really too big to finger, but I'm no culture-snob, thank God?and fifteen early Morrisons and I can't begin to tell you what else." He looked hopefully at the Secretary of Public Opinion: "Mightn't I seize it for the public good or something?" |
