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"The English," [Vinski] remarked at length, "have a saying that possession is nine points of the law. It is just the kind of sentiment one would expect to find in a capitalist country."

— John Wyndham Sleepers of Mars (1973)

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Source: Novella in nine chapters, 'Sleepers of Mars' (1939), Ch.2 - p.19 [Page numbers per the Coronet Books 1973 edition. 'Sleepers of Mars' is a sequel to the 1935 novel 'Stowaway to Mars', listed above.]
Work: Sleepers of Mars, 1973
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