Atlas Shrugged, Part 2 Chapter 3: White Blackmail
Summary: Rearden sends Lillian off, and then spent the night with Dagny. He returns to find Lillian, who does not want a divorce. Dr. Ferris came to Rearden for his Metal, threatening jail for his crime with Ken Danagger. Eddie Willers tells John Galt about Danagger, who Dagny visits with briefly as he quits. Rearden meets with d’Anconia and learns about Atlas, and the sees the playboy in action.
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Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand in 1957.
My idea for this post is discussed here:
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Start by reading the first-tier comments, which are all quotes of Ayn Rand (some of my favorites, some just important for other reasons). Comment on your favorite ones, or others' comments. Don't see your favorite quote? Post it in a new comment. Please reserve new comments for Ayn Rand, and your non-Rand quotes for "replies" to the quotes or discussion. (Otherwise Rand's quotes will get crowded out and pushed down into oblivion. You can help avoid this by "voting up" the Rand quotes, or at least the ones you especially like, and voting down first-tier comments that are not quotes of the featured book.)
Atlas Shrugged was written by Ayn Rand in 1957.
My idea for this post is discussed here:
http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/posts...
I feel similar about deadlines. I prefer to beat deadlines by several days if possible. some of my co-workers (and even supervisors) seem to practically have a phobia about sending out a product before the last minute.
How old was she when she came to the US? Maybe someone who is better versed on her life story can give us some insight here on what 12 years, or just the number 12 might mean to her.
“I… don’t know. What … could he do? What would you tell him?”
“To shrug.”
But this has to be at the discretion of the property owner. It is not mercy if gleaning is a right owed. It is not charity if it is coerced by the Government. Any gift must be at the voluntary decision of the property owner. When the poor and needy claim that they deserve our penny as a right, that is the problem.
“Yes,” said Rearden, his voice low.
“Then if you were punished, instead – what sort of code have you accepted?”
Rearden did not answer.
Also, "it's we....against the looters"? That's not correct grammar. Or am I losing it?
“You will not believe it and I will not explain, but I am not deserting you."
“We’re being left to carry a greater burden, and you’re indifferent to the knowledge that you’ll see us destroyed by the looters.”
“Don’t be too sure of that.”
“Of which? Your indifference or our destruction?”
“Of either.”
“But you know, you knew it this morning, that it’s a battle to the death, and it’s we – you were one – against the looters.”
“If I answer that I know it, but you don’t – you’ll think that I attach no meaning to my words. So take it as you wish, but that is my answer.”
“Will you tell me the meaning?”
“No. It’s for you to discover.”
“You’re willing to give up the world to the looters. We aren’t.”
“Don’t be too sure of either.”
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