Refracted thoughts
In the past, we learned from people we respected how to do refraction surveys. Now we have committees to tell us what to do.
Louis de Freycinet – plagiarist
When it came to writing the account of the voyage of the Uranie, Louis de Freycinet could not give any credit to his wife Rose, because she was not supposed to have been on board, But did she make any contribution to what he wrote?
Railroad Rand (4: The Press Baron)
Ayn Rand’s well-documented contempt for newspaper owners and the people who worked for them was not logical. If successful, these were people living out her dream. They were in business, and businesses, in her philosophy, should not be subject to regulation.