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Howard Roark’s testimony at the Cortlandt trial seemed to be a way for Rand to make her “ideal man” to end as a hero. His testimony and explanations are very convincing and even logical. However, his biggest error is revealed in this section of the story. ....

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.... all. He does realize the mistake in allowing Keating to propose the project, but he was ignorant to the fact that proposing is just as important as the unique design of the building. In other words, he did not realize that allowing Keating to propose the project to be a threat to his individualistic ideals. Roark’s unnoticed failure greatly changes the logic of his testimony. He explains how the great scientists and thinkers were condemned for their new ideas. He is obviously paralleling this to the Cortlandt project. It is incredibly true that as the ideas endured criticism and condemnation, they were eventually seen as good and very useful. ....