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Jim Farley, still bleeding from his dissection by Moses in the mayoral campaign, wandered into the gubernatorial contest with a quiet little statement of support for Lehman and promptly found himself back on Moses’ operating table.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker

In 2010, civil rights legend and Democratic congressman John Lewis claimed that he was berated by racial slurs—including the big one—as he entered Congress. Andrew got footage from several different angles that showed nothing of the kind. Further, he found that congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. was himself filming the entrance.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Born to wealth that he believed would make him always independent, Moses felt no compulsion to turn associates into friends; arrogance is, after all, one of the coefficients of money.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker
In 1869, in Boston, on the 100th anniversary of Humboldt’s birth, Agassiz, by then America’s most renowned naturalist, would recount in a long speech the incredible life of his mentor, the monumental productivity right up until the end, the trip to the Urals in 1829, the historic series of lectures in Berlin, the friendship with Goethe, the new car
... See moreDavid McCullough • Brave Companions

He often spoke of “dear old Adolf” and his SS, who knew what to do with thugs who picked on artists. America was the place, he said, “where honest men were all robbed and bludgeoned by scoundrels.”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
He became a piece of very high-end, pricey human software with the nose of a bloodhound. There’s a now-famous story of him checking into a Vancouver hotel room that happened to be equipped with binoculars and had a view of a CN rail yard. Harrison spied a locomotive—number 5867—sitting idle. A half hour later, it was still there. He made a call and
... See moreHoward Green • RAILROADER: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
