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THROUGHOUT HIS extraordinary career Louis Agassiz was a man of large plans and boundless energy, a spirit emboldened by noble…
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David McCullough • Brave Companions
As a boy, he began narrating a story about himself to himself, a story of pluck and success, and he acted on that premise until it came true. He understood that, whether we sail to a new continent or simply travel from one day to the next, we are always headed into the unknown. Charlie had learned to treat the unknown as a friend, until life convin
... See moreDavid Von Drehle • The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
A breakdown from nervous strain and overwork in 1869 left him incapacitated for nearly a year. Yet the headlong life resumed. The museum building was doubled in size. He embarked on still another venture, around Cape Horn to California with a Coast Survey expedition, and returned this time with some one hundred thousand specimens. And in the final
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Congressman Vito Marcantonio
Nelson Denis • War Against All Puerto Ricans
imagine that Joe Sixpack offered to sell you a CDS on your $320,000 loan to your friend for $1,600 a year for five years. Joe is doing well, has a million-dollar house with no debt, and is therefore “good for the money.” Happy with $1,600 a year in extra income, Joe continues to sell CDSs on residential mortgages. Unregulated, he sells a thousand j
... See moreEdward O. Thorp • A Man for All Markets
Nobody’s ever heard of him because he handled private money and he didn’t get written up in books or get quoted in the newspapers, but he was a really phenomenal investor. The story was that one of the Gottesman family members came into his office one day and said, “Arthur, what’s the secret to your success?” Ross said, “Tennis shoes. Now get out o
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