One other of my favourite passages from Atlas shrugged. which doesn’t qualify for the blockbuster class is a press release by Francisco d’Anconia. Jim Taggart, who’s about to enter his senior yr of faculty, tells Francisco that the hundreds of thousands of {dollars} he’s about to inherit usually are not for his private enjoyment, however somewhat for a “belief “which must be used for the good thing about the underprivileged and the poor.
Francisco responds, “It isn’t advisable, James, to threat unsolicited opinions. You must save your self the embarrassing discovery of their precise worth to your listener.
I virtually by no means appreciated unsolicited recommendation. I attempt to mannequin that by not giving recommendation with out first asking if it is welcome.
The passage tangentially jogs my memory of an Allan Sherman track titled “Good recommendation.” I nonetheless keep in mind the refrain:
And it was good recommendation, good recommendation,
Good recommendation prices nothing and is definitely worth the worth.