Fore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com

More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comIT USUALLY BEGINS WITH AYN RAND 249reconcile, as he and Rand never had, the connections between mind andbody, sexuality and intellect. 4 Barbara Branden was in California too,but she stayed far from Nathan. Neither wanted to re-create the worldthey had just escaped.Frank, who had witnessed the cataclysmic ending of her extramaritalaffair, became Rand’s primary source of comfort. As her relationshipwith Nathan disintegrated, she came to newly appreciate her husband.In May 1968 she wrote a preface to the twenty-fifth anniversary editionof The Fountainhead that sang his praises. “Frank was the fuel,”she wrote, describing his support in her darkest days of writing. 5 Herdiscovery of Frank’s essential virtues came just as his hold on realitybegan to slip. He had been softening for years, and when life after thebreak settled into a new normal it became obvious that he was growingsenile. By the early 1970s he was homebound, no longer able to visit galleriesor participate in art classes. With her firm belief in free will andthe power of rationality, Rand found it difficult to understand Frank’sdeterioration. In vain she tried to help him through his confusions withlengthy rational explanations. When he could no longer communicate,she asked his doctor if he could be mentally retrained so he could learnhow to speak again. His obvious need for care stirred Rand’s motherlyside, and she fussed and worried over his every move. After almost fiftyyears of marriage Rand still loved her husband, or the shell of him thatremained. 6Rand was also cheered by the unfailing loyalty and attention ofLeonard Peikoff, one of the last remaining insiders from the years beforeAtlas Shrugged. During Objectivism’s glory days Leonard had been a valuedbut decidedly second-tier member of the Collective. Now, bolsteredby a new appointment as a philosophy professor at the PolytechnicInstitute of Brooklyn, he emerged as Nathan’s successor. Excerpts fromhis manuscript in progress, The Ominous Parallels, a comparison ofNazi Germany and contemporary America, filled the pages Nathanhad claimed in The Objectivist, and he began to offer private courses inObjectivism. He and Rand were wary of recreating NBI, so his courseswere not offered by tape transcription, only in person. Students hadto sign a consent agreement stating that they would not associate withNathan or Barbara Branden. Eventually The Objectivist would advertisea smattering of courses led by Rand’s remaining associates, including