Atlas Shrugged


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 "Approve?!"
"I thought you would consider the San Sebastian Mines as the practical realization of an ideal of the
highest moral order. Remembering that you and I have disagreed so often in the past, I thought you
would be gratified to see me acting in accordance with your principles."
"What are you talking about?"
Francisco shook his head regretfully. "I don't know why you should call my behavior rotten. I thought
you would recognize it as an honest effort to practice what the whole world is preaching. Doesn't
everyone believe that it is evil to be selfish? I was totally selfless in regard to the San Sebastian project.
Isn't it evil to pursue a personal interest? I had no personal interest in it whatever. Isn't it evil to work for
profit? I did not work for profit—I took a loss. Doesn't everyone agree that the purpose and justification
of an industrial enterprise are not production, but the livelihood of its employees? The San Sebastian
Mines were the most eminently successful venture in industrial history: they produced no copper, but they
provided a livelihood for thousands of men who could not have achieved, in a lifetime, the equivalent of
what they got for one day's work, which they could not do. Isn't it generally agreed that an owner is a
parasite and an exploiter, that it is the employees who do all the work and make the product possible? I
did not exploit anyone. I did not burden the San Sebastian Mines with my useless presence; I left them in
the hands of the men who count. I did not pass judgment on the value of that property. I turned it over to
a mining specialist. He was not a very good specialist, but he needed the job very badly. Isn't it generally
conceded that when you hire a man for a job, it is his need that counts, not his ability? Doesn't everyone
believe that in order to get the goods, all you have to do is need them? I have carried out every moral
precept of our age. I expected gratitude and a citation of honor. I do not understand why I am being
damned."
In the silence of those who had listened, the sole comment was the shrill, sudden giggle of Betty Pope:
she had understood nothing, but she saw the look of helpless fury on James Taggart's face.
People were looking at Taggart, expecting an answer. They were indifferent to the issue, they were
merely amused by the spectacle of someone's embarrassment. Taggart achieved a patronizing smile.
"You don't expect me to take this seriously?" he asked.
"There was a time," Francisco answered, "when I did not believe that anyone could take it seriously. I
was wrong."
"This is outrageous!" Taggart's voice started to rise. "It's perfectly outrageous to treat your public
responsibilities with such thoughtless levity!" He turned to hurry away.
Francisco shrugged, spreading his hands. "You see? I didn't think you wanted to speak to me."
Rearden stood alone, far at the other end of the room. Philip noticed him, approached and waved to
Lillian, calling her over.
"Lillian, I don't think that Henry is having a good time," he said, smiling; one could not tell whether the
mockery of his smile was directed at Lillian or at Rearden. "Can't we do something about it?"
"Oh, nonsense!" said Rearden.

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