"The solar system is like a roulette gone mad, and the earth is the ball. It's been rolling for millions of years; what's going to happen if it stops? What hole will the ball plump into? Thirty-six β A pocketful of money for everybody β or zero? And the eternal banker sweeps up the stakes?"
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Blind Alley (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1919) bk. 3, ch. 14, p. 400
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W. L. George
Walter Lionel George (20 March 1882 β 30 January 1926) was an English writer, chiefly known for his popular fiction, which included feminist, pacifist, and pro-labour themes.
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