Атлант расправил плечи
The Exploiters and the Exploited
Stadler,"sheaskedslowly,"youknowthetruth,yetyouwillnotstateitpublicly?"
"MissTaggart,youareusinganabstractterm,whenwearedealingwithamatterofpracticalreality."
"Wearedealingwithamatterofscience."
"Science?Aren’tyouconfusingthestandardsinvolved?Itisonlyintherealmofpuresciencethattruthisanabsolutecriterion.Whenwedealwithappliedscience,withtechnology—wedealwithpeople.
Andwhenwedealwithpeople,considerationsotherthantruthenterthequestion."
"Whatconsiderations?"
"Iamnotatechnologist,MissTaggart.Ihavenotalentortastefordealingwithpeople.Icannotbecomeinvolvedinso-calledpracticalmatters."
"Thatstatementwasissuedinyourname."
"Ihadnothingtodowithit!"
"ThenameofthisInstituteisyourresponsibility."
"That’saperfectlyunwarrantedassumption."
"PeoplethinkthatthehonorofyournameistheguaranteebehindanyactionofthisInstitute."
"Ican’thelpwhatpeoplethink—iftheythinkatall!"
"Theyacceptedyourstatement.Itwasalie."
"Howcanonedealintruthwhenonedealswiththepublic?"
"Idon’tunderstandyou,"shesaidveryquietly.
