antw. Re: Cathy Ramirez and Robert Carpenter choose a song

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 ° cathy ramirez: "W is a lot like RR so you never know." 


.... from henry adams: the education of henry adams. chapter xvii, "president 
 grant", p. 264 (modern library paperback edition) ---

   "to him, grant appeared as an intermittent energy, immensely powerful when 
awake, but passive and plastic in repose. he said that neither he nor the rest 
of the staff knew why grant succeeded; they believed in him because of his 
success. for stretches of time, his mind seemed torpid. rawlins and the others 
would systematically talk their ideas into it, for weeks, not directly, but by 
discussion among themselves, in his presence. in the end, he would announce the 
idea as his own, without seeming conscious of the discussion; and would give the 
orders to carry it out with all the energy that belonged to his nature. they 
could never measure his character or be sure when he would act. they could never 
follow a mental process in his thought. they were not sure that he did think."


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