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He has no venture in the present. But though comparatively disregarded now, when his day comes, laws unsuspected by most will take effect, and masters of families and rulers will come to him for advice.
Henry David Thoreau • Walden (AmazonClassics Edition)
Petermann had become the guiding spirit behind the expedition—its primary theoretician, its éminence grise.
Hampton Sides • In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
railed as he
Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs
Varian Fry was a hero, but he was also a maverick who flew in the face of American policy.
Dara Horn • People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It
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Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
While this last was an overstatement and probably a rumor that Donovan himself had spread, it was not far from the mark. Twenty-two years earlier, when presented the Medal of Honor for actions on the Western Front at an award ceremony in the New York City Armory, Donovan had melodramatically unclasped the strap, then re-presented it to the four
... See moreBenjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
William (Willi) F. Unsoeld, Ph.D.: 36, Corvallis, Oregon; Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Oregon State University, on leave as deputy Peace Corps representative in Nepal; Climbing leader.