The Adventurer

C.M. Kornbluth
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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 "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 "It boils down to--no money, Mr. President."
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