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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comTHE REAL ROOT OF EVIL 119of what she wrote struck readers as pure assertion. “Her statement thatthese rights are granted to man by the fact of birth as a man not by anact of society, is illogical jargon,” wrote one, advising, “If Miss Rand isto get anywhere she must free herself from theological implications.”Another respondent was “favorably impressed by the goals which sheseeks to attain, but the line of logic which she uses seems to me to bevery weak.” Such readers thought Rand left a critical question unanswered:Why did “no man have the right to initiate physical force”? Outof thirteen readers, only four recommended supporting the work in itspresent form. 49Rand, who saw herself as helping the unenlightened at FEE, wasentirely unprepared for this criticism. She was livid, telling Read, hisactions were “a most serious reflection on my personal integrity and amost serious damage to my professional reputation.” She was particularlyangered that the FEE readers evaluated her work as if she hadrequested financial backing. She informed Read, “I do not submit booksfor approval on whether I should write them—and my professionalstanding does not permit me to be thought of as an author who seeksa foundation’s support for a writing project.” Not only had Read disregardedher role as ghost, but now he had downgraded her from instructorto pupil and “smeared” her reputation. Rand demanded an apologyand the names of the people who had written the comments on herwork. Read refused both. 50 The breach would never heal.Rand’s break with Read drew her closer to Rose Wilder Lane, whomshe had heard about through Isabel Paterson. The two established acorrespondence shortly after Rand moved to California, but had nevermet. A magazine writer with a vaguely socialist background, Lane wasthe daughter of the famous children’s author Laura Ingalls Wilder.Although she took no public credit, Lane was essentially a coauthor ofthe best-selling Little House on the Prairie series. She wove her libertarianismdelicately through the nostalgic books, filling her fictional Fourthof July orations with musings on freedom and limited government andexcising from her mother’s past examples of state charity. 51 In 1943 shepublished The Discovery of Freedom, a historically grounded defense ofindividualism.