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Chapter 2
ASpanishprisoner’sdonationofadistanttreasureofvaluablesorspecieorbullionlodgedwithasolventbankingcorporation100yearspreviouslyat5%compoundinterestofthecollectiveworthof£5,000,000stg(fivemillionpoundssterling).Acontractwithaninconsideratecontracteeforthedeliveryof32consignmentsofsomegivencommodityinconsiderationofcashpaymentondeliveryperdeliveryattheinitialrateof1/4dtobeincreasedconstantlyinthegeometricalprogressionof2(1/4d,1/2d,1d,2d,4d,8d,1s4d,2s8dto32terms).ApreparedschemebasedonastudyofthelawsofprobabilitytobreakthebankatMonteCarlo.Asolutionofthesecularproblemofthequadratureofthecircle,governmentpremium£1,000,000sterling.
Wasvastwealthacquirablethroughindustrialchannels?
Thereclamationofdunamsofwastearenarysoil,proposedintheprospectusofAgendathNetaim,Bleibtreustrasse,Berlin,W.15,bythecultivationoforangeplantationsandmelonfieldsandreafforestation.Theutilisationofwastepaper,fellsofsewerrodents,humanexcrementpossessingchemicalproperties,inviewofthevastproductionofthefirst,vastnumberofthesecondandimmensequantityofthethird,everynormalhumanbeingofaveragevitalityandappetiteproducingannually,cancellingbyproductsofwater,asumtotalof80lbs.(mixedanimalandvegetablediet),tobemultipliedby4,386,035,thetotalpopulationofIrelandaccordingtocensusreturnsof1901.