Book Excerpt: ...g quite a few wild-cat propositions. If he had been satisfied with the squared paper and the curves, all would have been well, but he took to making investments on the strength of his curves. He appears to have won a bit at first, and, encouraged by the luck, to have increased his speculations more and more.That, I suppose, is a story that has been told a thousand times and more. It led Professor Hoyte down the hill that so many gamblers...