All 4 Uses of
endowment
in
Atlas Shrugged
- You must not despise the women who do not possess your brilliant talent, but who exercise their own particular endowments.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- You who speak of a 'moral instinct' as if it were some separate endowment opposed to reason-man's reason is his moral faculty.†
Chpt 3.7
- Reason is the enemy he dreads and, simultaneously, considers precarious; reason, to him, is a means of deception; he feels that men possess some power more potent than reason-and only their causeless belief or their forced obedience can give him a sense of security, a proof that he has gained control of the mystic endowment he lacked.†
Chpt 3.7
- Begging my inferiors for funds and endowments?†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
the invested money that provides income for an institution; or an instance of giving such money
or:
abilities or qualities -- especially those that are nature-given
or:
abilities or qualities -- especially those that are nature-given