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take only a few days."

"And then?"

"Then, sir, I shall simply have determined the absolute. All I want is
money enough to carry my research to a successful issue."

"Very well," said Mr. Smith. "And what will be the practical outcome of
your discovery?"

"The practical outcome? Why, that we shall be able to produce easily all
bodies whatever--stone, wood, metal, fibers--"

"And flesh and blood?" queried Mr. Smith, interrupting him. "Do you
pretend that you expect to manufacture a human being out and out?"

"Why not?"