QuoteQuest“It was an amazing predicament. He was, in one sense, the richest man that ever lived — and yet was he worth anything at all? If his secret should transpire there was no telling to what measures the Government might resort in order to prevent a panic, in gold as well as in jewels. They might take over the claim immediately and institute a monopoly.”
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Source
- Title
- Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Type
- reference · Secondary source
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- Wikiquote
Context
"The Diamond As Big As The Ritz"
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (n.d.). Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald
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