Group: humanities.philosophy.objectivism
From: David Buchner
Date: Thursday, April 03, 2008 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: Lights Out

Ray wrote:

> ////Ayn Rand from Atlas Shrugged
> The plane was above the peaks of the skyscrapers when suddenly, with
> abruptness of a shudder, as if the ground had parted to engulf it, the city
> disappeared from the face of the earth. It took them a moment to realize
> that the panic had reached the power stations- and that
> the lights of New York had gone out.
> ////


Damn.

I wish I had thought to dig that out myself, the other night, and post
it in some appropriate places.

(What would *be* an appropriate place?)

Thanks, though, for finding it and typing it up. I'll stick it under the
picture of my house all lit up, at least.

For some reason, it didn't occur to me to reference this either:
http://www.prodos.com/graphics/thankyoumredison.jpg

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