Dust in the Balance (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Dust in the Balance He emptied the test-tube into the earthenware sink, and began to put away his apparatus. "Old fool that I am, " he said grimly to himself, putting the glass shade over a pair of infinitely susceptible balances, "to spend so much time and trouble in making poisons when I have neither desire nor reason to harm a single hair of any creature's head! Chut! I must give less attention to my hobby, that is all. If one could only reconcile one's conscience to putting a few of this world's tyrants out of the way! But I suppose we mustn't meddle with what is the business of Providence - though, really one might be pardoned for thinking that even a mortal could improve somewhat upon the cosmic scheme as it evolves itself in Battersea." He put away the balances in the safe, and swung the door to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.