“Lasker mouthed, “Trust him,” and Max sighed. Trust a lawyer? It flew in the face of his most cherished principles.”

—  Jack McDevitt , book Ancient Shores

Source: Ancient Shores (1996), Chapter 8 (p. 78)

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American novelist, Short story writer 1935

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