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Man has been called a rational being, but rationality is a matter
of choice - and the alternative his nature offers him is:
rational being or suicidal animal. Man has to be man - by choice;
he has to hold his life as a value - by choice; he has to learn to
sustain it - by choice; he has to discover the values it requires
and practice his virtues - by choice.
-- Ayn Rand, "Galt's Speech," Atlas Shrugged
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