"So where did he go on this vacation?"
"Maculay admitted that if a single soul knew his address, they'd be sending him problems within a week. He took off, destination unknown."
"Did he say when he would be back?"
"In one year."
"A year! My God! We can't wait!"
"Can't is an impossible word," remarked Hanson.
"But we must find him."
"You might start combing the solar system," suggested the doctor.
"Impossible. Yet—"
"Redmond, there have been many indispensable men in history who were not so indispensable that their leaving caused affairs to stop short. I admit that their plans often flopped, or that history took a little longer to get itself made when their driving force died. But not a man on record has ever been truly indispensable."