Page:Robert William Cole - The Struggle for Empire; A Story of the Year 2236 (1900).djvu/49

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LIFE IN THE YEAR 2236
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the solution of the problem. In a few weeks I shall make the greatest discovery of the era, and then I can make myself Master of the Universe.'

He worked on and on until the sun rose above the horizon, and then he went to bed for a few hours, and then up again and hard at work until success at last crowned his efforts.