Атлант расправил плечи
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Bythemorningofthesixthday,whenthetrainswereabletomoveandproceededdowntheslopesofUtah,ofNevada,ofCalifornia,thetrainmenobservedthesmokelessstacksandthecloseddoorsofsmalltracksidefactories,whichhadnotbeenclosedontheirlastrun.
"StormsareanactofGod,"wroteBertramScudder,"andnobodycanbeheldsociallyresponsiblefortheweather."
Therationsofcoal,establishedbyWesleyMouch,permittedtheheatingofhomesforthreehoursaday.Therewasnowoodtoburn,nometaltomakenewstoves,notoolstopiercethewallsofthehousesfornewinstallations.Inmakeshiftcontraptionsofbricksandoilcans,professorswereburningthebooksoftheirlibraries,andfruitgrowerswereburningthetreesoftheirorchards."Privationsstrengthenapeople’sspirit,"wroteBertramScudder,"andforgethefinesteelofsocialdiscipline.Sacrificeisthecementwhichuniteshumanbricksintothegreatedificeofsociety."
"Thenationwhichhadonceheldthecreedthatgreatnessisachievedbyproduction,isnowtoldthatitisachievedbysqualor,"saidFranciscod’Anconiainapressinterview.Butthiswasnotprinted.
Theonlybusinessboom,thatwinter,cametotheamusementindustry.
