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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com180WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957–1968incidentally, NBI also promised to advance Nathan’s career. He hadalready begun to establish himself as a therapist on Rand’s coattails,drawing patients primarily from those who found her work interesting.Now he started a second business drawing on Rand’s ideas.Nathan’s organization drew on earlier Objectivist efforts at education.Immediately following the publication of Atlas Shrugged Randhad conducted informal classes in fiction writing in her apartment. Theinvitation-only classes were her first foray into cultural criticism. Asshe taught students the basics of her style, which she called “RomanticRealism,” Rand criticized the work of such authors as Thomas Wolfefor writing stories without a plot or moral meaning. Just as there wasan Objectivist view on sex, there was also an Objectivist theory of literature.These fiction classes also formed the nucleus of a “JuniorCollective,” whose members enjoyed less frequent contact with Randthan the original insiders. If a student showed particular promise he orshe would be invited for a one-on-one audience with Rand. From therea friendship might blossom. Or Nathan might suggest that an aspiringObjectivist write Rand a letter, expressing appreciation for her philosophy;if Rand was suitably impressed a closer relationship could develop.When Time magazine published a negative review of Atlas Shrugged,Nathan instructed all members of the Junior Collective to cancel theirsubscriptions as an exercise in living up to their principles. 24There was also a precedent for someone other than Rand to teach thebasics of her philosophy. Before Atlas Shrugged was published, LeonardPeikoff had given a series of lectures on Objectivism. His informal talksattracted a few members of the Collective and Murray Rothbard’s CircleBastiat. But Leonard was too junior, and his status with Rand too insecure,for him to front an organization devoted to her philosophy. It wasthe charismatic and confident Nathaniel Branden who would becomethe public face of Objectivism, second only to Rand.Rand was initially skeptical of the entire venture. She doubtedNathan could change the culture and worried he would be hurt trying.But she was willing to endorse his work and lend her name in support.She took no financial stake in the organization, which would remainNathan’s exclusive possession. After creating a series of twenty lectureson “Basic Principles of Objectivism,” Nathan mailed information to aselect list of area fans who had written letters to Rand. In 1958 he offered