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Dominique as Gail looks at her ... there is a stage of worship which makes the worshiper himself an object of reverence.

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Ayn Rand
Age: 77 †
Born: 1905
Born: February 2
Died: 1982
Died: March 6
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
St. Petersburg
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
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Beauty
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Dominique
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Gail
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