Rand's "Anthem"

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into the
forest, and the first sign of forbidden love is shown when "we bent to
raise the Golden One to their feet, but when we touched them, it was as if
madness had stricken us. We seized their body and we pressed our lips to
theirs."
Equality is excited with the joy of learning when he finishes his work
of building a light bulb. "WE MADE IT. WE CREATED IT. We brought it forth
from the night of the ages. We alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone
and only. We know not what we are saying. Our head is reeling." The
emotion shown by Equality after having just built the light bulb is pride
and happiness because he has just created some power unknown but to the
people of the Unmentionable times. After he fully realizes what he has
done, he has defensive emotions and has to "guard our tunnel as we had
never guarded it before. For should any men save the Scholars learn of
our secret, they would not understand it, nor would they believe us. They
would see nothing, save our ...

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