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Line 13: − + − Next, John Galt attended a concert given by a [[piano]] composer named [[Richard Halley]]. Halley had premiered his Fourth [[Concerto]] for piano and [[orchestra]], but Galt could tell that Halley was already becoming disillusioned with his audiences even before he began to perform. Galt met him back-stage and shared with him his philosophical insights, and Halley gladly joined his movement.+ + +
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Galt's first two recruits were [[Francisco d'Anconia]] and [[Ragnar Danneskjold]]. Francisco set out to destroy the old family [[copper]] [[mining]] company that he had inherited, so that the world would derive no benefit from either his mind or the minds of his ancestors. Ragnar set about recruiting a crew (or perhaps Francisco recruited it for him) and eventually acquired a [[warship]] and became a [[privateer]].
Galt's first two recruits were [[Francisco d'Anconia]] and [[Ragnar Danneskjold]]. Francisco set out to destroy the old family [[copper]] [[mining]] company that he had inherited, so that the world would derive no benefit from either his mind or the minds of his ancestors. Ragnar set about recruiting a crew (or perhaps Francisco recruited it for him) and eventually acquired a [[warship]] and became a [[privateer]].
John Galt, in the meantime, continued his recruiting efforts. His next recruit was [[Hugh Akston]], his old friend, [[professor]], and chairman of the department of [[philosophy]] at PHU. (The head of the [[physics]] department, Dr. [[Robert Stadler]], had earlier betrayed John Galt's trust by endorsing the establishment of the [[State Science Institute]], so Galt did not even attempt to recruit him.) Galt next sought to recruit William Hastings, his former immediate superior at the Twentieth Century Motor Company; that effort took longer than a year.
John Galt, in the meantime, continued his recruiting efforts. His next recruit was [[Hugh Akston]], his old friend, [[professor]], and chairman of the department of [[philosophy]] at PHU. (The head of the [[physics]] department, Dr. [[Robert Stadler]], had earlier betrayed John Galt's trust by endorsing the establishment of the [[State Science Institute]], so Galt did not even attempt to recruit him.)
Galt next sought to recruit William Hastings, his former immediate superior at the Twentieth Century Motor Company. That effort took longer than a year. Hastings had quit the Twentieth Century the same day that Galt had, and had gone to work for the Acme Motor Company. But within a year—in the second year of the strike—Hastings retired and accepted Galt's strike rules.
Toward the end of the second year of the strike, John Galt attended a concert given by a [[piano]] composer named [[Richard Halley]]. Halley had earlier premiered his Fourth [[Concerto]] for piano and [[orchestra]], but Galt could tell that Halley was already becoming disillusioned with his audiences. Then Galt attended a revival of Halley's opera, ''Phaethon'', that he had premiered nineteen years earlier. Then, audiences had jeered because Halley had audaciously changed the old Greek myth to have Phaethon successfully drive the chariot of the [[sun]]. Now, they cheered—but Halley's disillusionment was complete. Galt met him back-stage and shared with him his philosophical insights, and Halley gladly joined his movement.
== Midas Mulligan ==
== Midas Mulligan ==