"And from there we start juggling until we find out how to introduce the negative factor. And I do not mean by dividing by the square root of minus one," he told her.
Doctor Pollard looked up at the man who stood before his desk. "Mr. Galloway," he said, "You may believe yourself normally right but you are ethically wrong."
"Morals and ethics be hanged!" snarled Rhine's brother. "That nut has kidnaped my sister again."
"Not without her aid," smiled Pollard.
"Aid be hanged too!" shouted Kingston Galloway. "He tried to kill her once and he may try again."
"Look," said Pollard quietly. "There are times when personality and identity mean nothing. I think well of my life, as much as you think of yours. Yet I'd feel less than human if I permitted myself and my ideas to stand in the way of civilization."
"Stop talking like a superior being and come down to facts," yelled Kingston Galloway.
"I am. James Forrest Carroll is the only man on earth who can save Terra from certain destruction. Your sister can be of help to him."
"How?" demanded Kingston.