"I respect what is repectable," Tan'elkoth replied. "To ask… - Matthew Stover

"I respect what is repectable," Tan'elkoth replied. "To ask for respect where none has been earned is childish maundering.And what is repectable, in the end, save service? Even your idol Jefferson is, in the end, measured by how well he served the species. The prize of individualism--its goal--is self-actualization, which is only another name for vanity. We do not admire men for achieving self-actualization; we admire self-actualization when its end result is a boon to humanity."

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Matthew Woodring Stover (born 1962) is an American fantasy and science fiction novelist.

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