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Fred Kaplan
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I'm not a Lincoln expert, rather a biographer who has had the pleasure of reading much of what has been written about him from his lifetime to this year of his bicentennial. Some advice: Don't try that unless you have at least five years available.
Fred Kaplan
You
Try
Advice
Reading
Year
Unless
Pleasure
Has-Been
Some
About
Rather
Lifetime
Had
Written
Him
Least
Lincoln
Been
His
Years
Five
Expert
Available
Much
Who
The challenge of a president himself struggling to find the conjunction between the right words and honest expression, a use of language that respects intellect, truth, and sincerity, has largely been abandoned.
Fred Kaplan
Truth
Words
Language
Challenge
President
Right Words
Respects
Abandoned
Find
Struggling
Between
Sincerity
Himself
Been
Intellect
Use
Conjunction
Expression
Largely
Right
Honest
'Colonel Roosevelt' is compelling reading, and Morris a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level.
Fred Kaplan
Art
Brilliant
Reading
Colonel
Highest
Morris
Highest Level
Practices
His
Roosevelt
Who
Compelling
Level
In his life, Charles Dickens was like the rest of us, but maybe more so: another poor and wonderful soul attempting to deal with his and the world's pain and confusion in the best way he knew how.
Fred Kaplan
Life
Best
Soul
Wonderful
World
Confusion
Rest
Pain
Way
Best Way
Charles
Charles Dickens
More
Attempting
He
Knew
Like
Another
Deal
How
His
Dickens
Maybe
Poor
Us
Can a great artist be mean-spirited, grasping, harsh to his family, violent in his emotions, vindictive in his hatreds, an all-purpose scoundrel? If our test cases are the likes of Wagner, Picasso, and, let me say, Dickens, the answer is a resounding yes.
Fred Kaplan
Great
Family
Me
Emotions
Great Artist
Resounding
Our
Say
Harsh
Cases
Picasso
Likes
Answer
Test
Wagner
His
Dickens
Yes
Scoundrel
Artist
Grasping
Vindictive
Violent
Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.
Fred Kaplan
Art
Relationship
Between
Conduct
Personal
Any
Artists
Really
Certainly
It should be quite clear that it is possible for unpleasant people who are small in various ways other than in their artistic genius to produce great art. Art and morality have no necessary connection.
Fred Kaplan
Art
Great
People
Genius
Great Art
Other
Ways
Possible
Unpleasant
Morality
Small
Various
Clear
Than
Quite
Artistic
Produce
Should
Who
Connection
Necessary
Political history is not the only way to approach historical figures.
Fred Kaplan
History
Political
Approach
Way
Only
Political History
Historical
Figures
Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted.
Fred Kaplan
Man
Immense
Some
He
Talent
Well
Gore
Literary
Which
Used
Wasted
Lincoln is a genius of language and a brilliant writer who deserves to be seen as part of the canon of great writers in American literature.
Fred Kaplan
Great
Genius
Language
Brilliant
Seen
Writer
Writers
Part
Lincoln
American
Canon
Literature
American Literature
Who
Deserves
I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.
Fred Kaplan
Writing
First
Thomas
Out
Had
Talent
Wrote
Make
Contribution
Loved
Turned
Believed
Biographies
Biography
I want to contribute to the culture and keep great writers alive by telling the stories of their lives.
Fred Kaplan
Great
Culture
Alive
Telling
Writers
Contribute
Want
Stories
Keep
Lives
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