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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com120FROM NOVELIST TO PHILOSOPHER, 1944–1957Like Paterson and Rand, Lane took a hard line on compromise of anytype. As one friend remembered, “Rose used to go and talk about deadrats, that you’d bake a gorgeous, succulent cherry pie and cut into it andthere in the middle of it would be a dead rat. She thought that Robert Taftsupporting federal aid to education was such a dead rat.” 52 Accordingly,Lane was sympathetic to Rand’s anger. She told Rand that the problemwith Read was simple: “He simply does not possess a mind that graspsabstract principle; he has no constant standard of measurement.” Lanelisted his many intellectual deficiencies but defended him against anychallenge of malice. Read had also ignored advice that both she andIsabel Paterson had offered, she told Rand, although it was certainly“valid ground for the most extreme indignation” that he had reneged ontheir ghost agreement. 53 Grateful for her understanding, Rand sent Lanea copy of the censorious letter she had mailed to Mullendore.In contrast to Paterson and Rand, who thrived on face-to-face contact,Lane was a homebody who exerted her influence through a networkof well-placed correspondents. She was a guru figure to JasperCrane, a wealthy DuPont executive who funded many libertarian causes,and exchanged dense philosophical letters with Frank Meyer, later aninfluential National Review editor. For many years Lane was employedby the Volker Fund to assess the ideological fitness of potential applicants.After the death of Albert Jay Nock she assumed the editorship ofthe National Economic Council’s Review of Books, a slim publicationsent mostly to corporate subscribers. Within the world of libertarianismLane was a force to be reckoned with. In fact she played the kind of roleRand coveted: tablet keeper and advisor, sought after for her judgmentand council.Rand was keenly aware that Lane’s book reviews could affect her reputation.In late 1945 she initiated their correspondence, writing to thankLane for a favorable mention of The Fountainhead in the NEC Reviewof Books. Rand’s first letter was polite and even flattering. She acknowledgedLane as an intellectual equal, telling her, “[I]t is such a rare treat toread intelligent book reviewing for a change.” The next year Rand sentLane her “Textbook of Americanism” and in a letter responded favorablyto some of the corrections Lane suggested. 54As she had with Paterson, Rand tested out her developing theories onLane, particularly her definition of rights. Lane was interested in Rand’s