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The Planet Mars

           

           Shortlyafterwardappearedthedoctorhimselfshort,rotund,rubicund,displayingbehindapairofclear,thick,gold-rimmedglasses,round,dancing,incisiveeyes.Imaginativegrip,buoyant,self-delusiveself-respectwerewrittenalloverhim.Thetwomeneyedeachotheronewiththatbroad-gageexaminationwhichseesevenuniversitiesasfutileintheendlessshiftofthings;theotherwiththatfaithinthebalanceforrightwhichmakesevengreatpersonalforces,suchasfinancialmagnates,serveanidealisticend.

           "It’snotaverylongstoryIhavetotellyou,Mr.Cowperwood,"saidthedoctor."Ourastronomicalworkishandicappedjustnowbythesimplefactthatwehavenolensatall,notelescopeworthyofthename.IshouldliketoseetheUniversitydooriginalworkinthisfield,anddoitinagreatway.Theonlywaytodoit,inmyjudgment,istodoitbetterthananyoneelsecan.Don’tyouagreewithme?"Heshowedarowofshiningwhiteteeth.

           Cowperwoodsmiledurbanely.

           "Willaforty-thousand-dollarlensbeabetterlensthananyotherlens?"heinquired.

           "MadebyApplemanBrothers,ofDorchester,itwill,"repliedthecollegepresident."Thewholestoryishere,Mr.Cowperwood.Thesemenarepracticallens-makers.Agreatlens,inthefirstplace,isamatteroffindingasuitablecrystal.Largeandflawlesscrystalsarenotcommon,asyoumaypossiblyknow.Suchacrystalhasrecentlybeenfound,andisnowownedbyMr.Appleman.

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