Note-taking Lessons From America’s Greatest Biographer
Caro’s question is: How does political power really work in America?
Once he asks it, it takes the wheel. Caro is willing to go broke to answer it.
Packy McCormick • Long Questions/Short Answers Long Questions/Short Answers
They admired his thoroughness, his tirelessness—the way he threw himself into every aspect of politics, into everything he did, with an enthusiasm and effort that seemed limitless. He already possessed an amazing store of knowledge about individual Congressmen and their districts through his capacity for absorbing and retaining information. “He was
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Like Humboldt before him, he took the greatest pride in the influence he had on the next generation of naturalists. And indeed the subsequent careers of his students and museum assistants are as strong a testament to his genius as almost anything else.
David McCullough • Brave Companions
I studied Classics in college. When I read Caro, I cannot help but think that his work is -- in terms of quality, significance, and longevity -- comparable to that of Thucydides, Tacitus, Suetonius. Truly one of a kind.