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           "Dagny,"hewassaying,standingatthewindow,asiflookingoutatthepeaks,notofmountains,butoftime,"therebirthofd’AnconiaCopper—andoftheworld—hastostarthere,intheUnitedStates.Thiscountrywastheonlycountryinhistoryborn,notofchanceandblindtribalwarfare,butasarationalproductofman’smind.Thiscountrywasbuiltonthesupremacyofreason—and,foronemagnificentcentury,itredeemedtheworld.Itwillhavetodosoagain.Thefirststepofd’AnconiaCopper,asofanyotherhumanvalue,hastocomefromhere—becausetherestoftheearthhasreachedtheconsummationofthebeliefsithasheldthroughtheages:mysticfaith,thesupremacyoftheirrational,whichhasbuttwomonumentsattheendofitscourse:thelunaticasylumandthegraveyard...Sebastiand’Anconiacommittedoneerror:heacceptedasystemwhichdeclaredthatthepropertyhehadearnedbyright,wastobehis,notbyright,butbypermission.Hisdescendantspaidforthaterror.Ihavemadethelastpayment...IthinkthatIwillseethedaywhen,growingoutfromtheirrootinthissoil,themines,thesmelters,theoredocksofd’AnconiaCopperwillspreadagainthroughtheworldanddowntomynativecountry,andIwillbethefirsttostartmycountry’srebuilding.

           Imayseeit,butIcannotbecertain.Nomancanpredictthetimewhenotherswillchoosetoreturntoreason.Itmaybethatattheendofmylife,Ishallhaveestablishednothingbutthissinglemine—d’AnconiaCopperNo.