It was an amazing predicament. He was, in one sense, the richest man that ever lived — and yet was he worth… — F.Scott Fitzgerald

It was an amazing predicament. He was, in one sense, the richest man that ever lived — and yet was he worth anything at all? If his secret should transpire there was no telling to what measures the Government might resort in order to prevent a panic, in gold as well as in jewels. They might take over the claim immediately and institute a monopoly.

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