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Isaac Asimov

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Died 1992 in Manhattan

writer, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, journalist · Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, United States

Notable works: Foundation series, Robot series, Nightfall, The Intelligent Man's Guide to Science, I, Robot

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The magnificent possession

From Project Gutenberg e-text #76871 (public domain in the USA).

“Like a million dollars; and that’s what I’m going to sell the secret of ammonium metal for. It’s the fat of the land for me from now on.”

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“Riches, like poverty, has its own peculiar problems,” he remarked sententiously to himself as he braked the car before the two-story, marble edifice that was the bank.

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