"By establishing the relationship of feet to miles, he can grasp and know any distance on earth; by establishing the relationship of miles to light-years, he ca

"By establishing the relationship of feet to miles, he can grasp and know any distance on earth; by establishing the relationship of miles to light-years, he can know the distances of galaxies." Ayn Rand "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/measurement.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/measurement.html