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...sees great value in the rigorous, hierarchical politeness of the Royal Navy in Aubrey's time. But he admits that he has forgotten some details of his novels 10 or 15 books ago and shares some uncertainties about those to come. Not long ago he was at work on Chapter 3 of the untitled 20th novel, and he remarked, rather direly, "I have to last." Then he reflected that although the new novel in progress was supposed to bring Aubrey full circle, "I'm not sure whether I shan't take him a bit beyond full circle, with...
Perhaps the most moving section of the book isthe chapter titled "The Lost Baby," in whichLindbergh explores the depths of her own loss, aswell as her mother's. The highly publicizedkidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. was notspoken about in their household, as she describes:"I think...there was a common understanding amongthe siblings, during my grown-up years, that thisbaby [Charles Lindbergh, Jr.], like the 1927flight to Paris, was part of an era that hadnothing to do with us." Yet when Lindbergh's ownfirst son passed away at the same age that CharlesJr. was abducted, the story of her brother...
Groopman discussed one of his patients, "Kirk," mentioned in the first chapter of his book. Kirk realized at the end of a battle with kidney cancer how unmeaningful his fast-paced, business-oriented life had been. Such epiphanies, Groopman said, are meaningful to the patient and his family...
David saw Bathsheba bathing one day and was immediately smitten. Sound familiar? The reaction of the American populace is common knowledge. Many citizens hesitate to be `judgmental,' but as the supreme judge, God does not have any such reservations. The chapter closes by noting that "what David had done was wrong in the eyes of the Lord" (2 Samuel 11:27). But that...
...have a list of questions that I'll never live to see answered." Other scholars will come along to fill in the gaps, though. And even if it takes another century to understand the Taino fully, they have already been rescued from the ignoble status of footnotes in the chapter of history that began with the arrival of Columbus...