[Transcriber’s Note: This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction October 1957. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] “... No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does. The uncertainty of this reward, as experienced, leads to modification of one’s actions to increase its probability.... If a man permits himself the purpose of securing admiration, he tends to make that purpose primary and the doing of his proper work secondary. This costs human lives....”…
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