Атлант расправил плечи
The Exploiters and the Exploited
Inthenextmoment,hewasathisdesk,bendingoverit,withonekneeontheseatofthechair,withnotimetothinkofsittingdown,hewasdrawinglines,curves,triangles,columnsofcalculations,indiscriminatelyontheblueprints,onthedeskblotter,onsomebody’sletters.
Andanhourlater,hewascallingforalong-distanceline,hewaswaitingforaphonetoringbyabedinarailwaycaronasiding,hewassaying,"Dagny!Thatbridgeofours—throwintheashcanallthedrawingsIsentyou,because...What?...Oh,that?Tohellwiththat!Nevermindthelootersandtheirlaws!Forgetit!Dagny,whatdowecare!Listen,youknowthecontraptionyoucalledtheReardenTruss,thatyouadmiredsomuch?It’snotworthadamn.I’vefiguredoutatrussthatwillbeatanythingeverbuilt!Yourbridgewillcarryfourtrainsatonce,standthreehundredyearsandcostyoulessthanyourcheapestculvert.I’llsendyouthedrawingsintwodays,butIwantedtotellyouaboutitrightnow.Yousee,it’samatterofcombiningatrusswithanarch.Ifwetakediagonalbracingand...
What?...Ican’thearyou.Haveyoucaughtacold?...Whatareyouthankingmefor,asyet?WaittillIexplainittoyou."
