6/28 If may be we shall have such a start that we shall prevent him growing. You know, because he was better skilled in chemistry, knew how to manufacture gunpowder, that the Spaniard destroyed the Aztec. May not we, who are possessing ourselves of the world and its resources, and gathering to ourselves all its knowledge, may not we nip the Slav ere he grows a thatch to his lip ?" Vance Corliss shook his head non-committally, and laughed. "But after all, one reason that we are the salt of the earth is because we have the courage to say so." "And I am sure your warmth spreads," he responded. |