He’d gone to Walden in the hope of achievement. There, of course, he failed because in a free economy industrialists consider that freedom is the pri… - Murray Leinster

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He’d gone to Walden in the hope of achievement. There, of course, he failed because in a free economy industrialists consider that freedom is the privilege to be stupid without penalty. In other than free economies, of course, stupidity is held to be the duty of administrators. But Hoddan now believed himself in the fascinating situation of having knowledge and abilities which were needed by people who knew their need.

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About Murray Leinster

Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an award-winning American writer of science fiction and alternate history.

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Alternative Names: William Fitzgerald Jenkins William Fitzgerald Louisa Carter Lee Will F. Jenkins Fitzgerald Jenkins
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