human
I'd found Institutions of Research, where there should be no teaching, and students who had demonstrated that they had anything promising in them, in science, literature, languages, history, anything, should have the means and the opportunity to make investigations and do work. See what a hard time inventors and men of genius have; it is pitiful.
gpt
And how much money do you want for this modest scheme of yours?
human
I hadn't thought, said Evelyn, patting her father's hand. And then, at a venture,
gpt
I guess about ten millions.
human
Whew! Have you any idea how much ten millions are, or how much one million is?
gpt
Why, ten millions, if you have a hundred, is no more than one million if you have only ten. Doesn't it depend?
human
If it depends upon you, child, I don't think money has any value for you whatever. You are a born financier for getting rid of a surplus. You ought to be Secretary of the Treasury.
gpt
You'll learn about the world in time,