He was like a man thinking on an abstract subject all the time.

Ben Franklin advises his grandson not to let even the American Revolution interrupt his studies, urging of young adulthood, “This is the time of life in which you are to lay the foundations of your...

Proving himself to himself was no small matter.

Even when he played, he made a business of it.

Warner Studios official in the era of silent movies: Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?

The males (of the Hutchinson family that included both religious dissenter Anne and immensely wealthy and politically connected Thomas) were merchants who sought salvation through commerce.

Shiloh showed him what he could ask of his men, and indeed what he MUST ask of them.

Employment was better than idleness for men, because it kept the enemy guessing.

Gen. Scott saw more through the eyes of his staff officers than through his own.

He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind’s eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success.