She looks like an angel, but take it from me, she isn't. She's one of the slimiest snakes that ever crawled — she's so low she could put on a tall si… - E.E. "Doc" Smith

It's much better technique to learn things among friends than enemies," Kinnison laughed.

But the minions of the Law had one remaining weapon, carried expressly for this eventuality. The space–axe — a combination and sublimation of battle–axe, mace, bludgeon, and lumberman's picaroon, a massively needle–pointed implement of potentialities limited only by the physical strength and bodily agility of its wielder.

With the restriction of government to its proper sphere and its concentration into our organization, resulting in the liberation of man-power into wealth-producing enterprise, and especially with the enormous growth of inter-world commerce, world-income increased to such a point that taxation could be reduced to a minimum; and the lower the taxes the more flourishing business became and the greater the income.