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Their Brothers’ Keepers
You’veneversuffered!"
ItwasasifasumofyearshitReardenintheface,bymeansofasensationandasight:theexactsensationofwhathehadfeltinthecabofthefirsttrain’sengineontheJohnGaltLine—andthesightofPhilip’seyes,thepale,half-liquideyespresentingtheuttermostofhumandegradation:anuncontestedpain,and,withtheobsceneinsolenceofaskeletontowardalivingbeing,demandingthatthispainbeheldasthehighestofvalues.You’veneversuffered,theeyesweresayingtohimaccusingly—whilehewasseeingthenightinhisofficewhenhisoreminesweretakenawayfromhim—themomentwhenhehadsignedtheGiftCertificatesurrenderingReardenMetal—themonthofdaysinsideaplanethatsearchedfortheremainsofDagny’sbody.You’veneversuffered,theeyesweresayingwithself-righteousscorn—whileherememberedthesensationofproudchastitywithwhichhehadfoughtthroughthosemoments,refusingtosurrendertopain,asensationmadeofhislove,ofhisloyalty,ofhisknowledgethatjoyisthegoalofexistence,andjoyisnottobestumbledupon,buttobeachieved,andtheactoftreasonistoletitsvisiondrownintheswampofthemoment’storture.
