“They failed at both tasks, but in merging medicine with the lust for gold they essentially invented the modern pharmaceutical industry.”
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
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Mike Beda:
December 28th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
“They failed at both tasks, but in merging medicine with the lust for gold they essentially invented the modern pharmaceutical industry.”
Brilliant, simply brilliant.