Атлант расправил плечи
Their Brothers’ Keepers
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"ThisageofmiseryisGod’spunishmenttomanforthesinofrelyingonhismind!"snarledthetriumphantvoicesofmysticsofeverysectandsort,onstreetcorners,inrain-soakedtents,incrumblingtemples."Thisworldordealistheresultofman’sattempttolivebyreason!Thisiswherethinking,logicandsciencehavebroughtyou!Andthere’stobenosalvationuntilmenrealizethattheirmortalmindisimpotenttosolvetheirproblemsandgobacktofaith,faithinGod,faithinahigherauthority!"
Andconfrontingherdailytherewasthefinalproductofitall,theheirandcollector—CuffyMeigs,themanimpervioustothought.
CuffyMeigsstrodethroughtheofficesofTaggartTranscontinental,wearingasemi-militarytunicandslappingashinyleatherbriefcaseagainsthisshinyleatherleggings.Hecarriedanautomaticpistolinonepocketandarabbit’sfootintheother.
CuffyMeigstriedtoavoidher;hismannerwaspartscorn,asifheconsideredheranimpracticalidealist,partsuperstitiousawe,asifshepossessedsomeincomprehensiblepowerwithwhichhepreferrednottotangle.Heactedasifherpresencedidnotbelongtohisviewofarailroad,yetasifhersweretheonepresencehedarednotchallenge.
