She may've been all that, but she was no artist. Her writing wouldn't pass the sniff test with V.N. -- I seriously doubt he read more than a paragraph or so of her output. And, of course, she labored under the yoke of being insane into the bargain. Hardly a fair match.

On Nov 7, 2006, at 6:30 PM, NABOKV-L wrote:

Rand was a natural American, the public intellectual, the fierce priestess of middle class individualism and endeavour, the restless modern soul reaching out to greater achievements. In the process, she repelled many people, but she attracted many more

Steven

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