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  1. Hello, I'm looking for a letter that Ayn Rand wrote to an industrialist (?) very early on in her career. In the letter, she thanks the man for his kind words about something she wrote (maybe Anthem?), and predicts that she will go on to do great things although at the time she was still struggling with English. Thanks, if you can find it!

  2. Who is the guest with post #3! I actually was slightly high when I posted this, haha, but yes, I've never understood the nature of immorality.

    So, if you're not forever stained or whatnot after deliberately doing something you know is wrong, then should you still regret it? I'm just wondering what the affect on one's self-esteem is.

    I kind of look at it this way: I have definitely stolen before, but I would never do it again. The self esteem I lost by stealing is almost made up for by knowing that I will never steal again.

  3. My favorite!

    One From One Leaves Two, by Ogden Nash

    Higgledy piggledy, my black hen,

    She lays eggs for gentlemen.

    Gentlemen come every day

    To count what my black hen doth lay.

    If perchance she lays too many,

    They fine my hen a pretty penny;

    If perchance she fails to lay,

    The gentlemen a bonus pay.

    Mumbledy pumbledy, my red cow,

    She's cooperating now.

    At first she didnt understand

    That milk production must be planned;

    She didn't understand at first

    She either had to plan or burst,

    But now the government reports

    She's giving pints instead of quarts.

    Fiddle de dee, my next-door neighbors,

    They are giggling at their labors.

    First they plant the tiny seed,

    Then they water, then they weed,

    Then they hoe and prune and lop,

    They they raise a record crop,

    Then they laugh their sides asunder,

    And plow the whole caboodle under.

    Abracadabra, thus we learn

    The more you create, the less you earn.

    The less you earn, the more you're given,

    The less you lead, the more you're driven,

    The more destroyed, the more they feed,

    The more you pay, the more they need,

    The more you earn, the less you keep,

    And now I lay me down to sleep.

    I pray the Lord my soul to take

    If the tax-collector hasn't got it before I wake.

  4. Yeah, I can't see how that would be good idea. If an employer wants his employee to do better work, then he should just tell them that and say why it's in their interest to perform (incentives like bonus considerations, how they'll feel when they further apply themselves...). Starting a fire under them by lying is just plain wrong, even if it did get a lazy employee to work harder. Rational people just don't lie to each other.

    "If you don't turn yourself around I will fire you. Maybe not this month, but you just wait..." The truth is wonderful.

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