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Two years into his strike, he saw [[Dagny Taggart]] for the first time. He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of the last year of the strike—the last "vacation month."

Two years into his strike, he saw [[Dagny Taggart]] for the first time. He fell hard in love with her, and from that day forward would pump Eddie Willers for information whenever he saw him. He would maintain that contact until June of the last year of the strike—the last "vacation month."

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He persuaded [[Professor]] Akston to join him, and labored for a year to persuade [[William Hastings]], his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]].

Every year in June, Galt would meet somewhere with Francisco, Ragnar, and all their recruits. He persuaded [[Professor]] Akston to join him, and labored for a year to persuade [[William Hastings]], his former immediate superior at the [[Twentieth Century Motor Company]] to join the strike. Next he recruited a [[composer]] named [[Richard Halley]]. (He did not try to recruit [[Robert Stadler]]. Though he never understood Stadler's real motive, he understood Stadler well enough to realize that any effort by Galt to recruit Stadler would be worse than useless.)

Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.

Then he recruited a man who changed everything, and radically.