Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusti…

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Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself. ✨ Ayn Rand (1963). For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition), p.12, Penguin
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