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As Emerson wrote in 1841, If our young men miscarry in their first enterprises, they lose all heart. If the young merchant fails, men say he is ruined. If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges, and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York, it seems to his friends and to
... See moreRyan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
He died in 1987, but it took another twenty-six years for him to receive his due, when President Obama bestowed the Medal of Freedom on the late Bayard Rustin.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
JOHN THE SCOT, or Johannes Scotus, to which is sometimes added Eriugena or Erigena,I is the most astonishing person of the ninth century; he would have been less surprising if he had lived in the fifth or the fifteenth century.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
to keep a diary during World War II despite the requests of historians and friends. He worried that it would turn his quiet, reflective time into a sort of performance and self-deception. That he might second-guess difficult decisions out of concern for his reputation and future readers and warp his thinking based on how they would look.
Ryan Holiday • Ego Is the Enemy
Some writers like John Barth, Donald Barthelme, and William