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If a dedication page were to precede the total of my work, it would read: To the glory of Man.

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
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Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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Any group or collective, large or small, is only a number of individuals. A group can have no rights other than the rights of its individual members.
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