It does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and a…

Ayn Rand
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It does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and achieve the full reality of man's proper stature-and the rest will betray it. It is those few that move the world and give life its meaning-and it is those few that I have always sought to address. The rest are no concern of mine; it is not me or The Fountainhead that they will betray: it is their own souls. ✨ Ayn Rand (2005). The Fountainhead, p.13, Penguin
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