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Midas did not remain isolated for very long. [[Judge Narragansett]] asked him for a lease so that he could build a house of his own in the valley. Midas was glad of Judge Narragansett's company, and agreed. At about this time, John Galt made a radical proposal: to build a powerplant based on his electrostatic motor, to provide the valley with electric power. Midas granted John Galt enough leases for the powerplant and a house that Galt himself might build. Galt did as he promised: he built an electrostatic powerplant, which he housed in a building secured with [[sound]] [[lock]]s. Above the front door of the plant, Galt carved the following oath:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}

Midas did not remain isolated for very long. [[Judge Narragansett]] asked him for a lease so that he could build a house of his own in the valley. Midas was glad of Judge Narragansett's company, and agreed. At about this time, John Galt made a radical proposal: to build a powerplant based on his electrostatic motor, to provide the valley with electric power. Midas granted John Galt enough leases for the powerplant and a house that Galt himself might build. Galt did as he promised: he built an electrostatic powerplant, which he housed in a building secured with [[sound]] [[lock]]s. Above the front door of the plant, Galt carved the following oath:{{cquote|I swear, by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.}}

The sound locks would open to the sound of any voice reciting that oath—but anyone desiring entry would have to recite it slowly and with the inflections that alone would indicated complete agreement.

The sound locks would open to the sound of any voice reciting that oath—but anyone desiring entry would have to recite it slowly and with the inflections that alone would indicate sincerity—in other words, that the speaker meant it.

The novel does not state specifically when this community got its name. John Galt always referred to it as Mulligan's Valley. Other residents called it [[Galt's Gulch]]. ([[Dagny Taggart]] called it by another name: [[Atlantis]], the name of a mythical "lost city" in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].)

The novel does not state specifically when this community got its name. John Galt always referred to it as Mulligan's Valley. Other residents called it [[Galt's Gulch]]. ([[Dagny Taggart]] called it by another name: [[Atlantis]], the name of a mythical "lost city" in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].)