Apparent political defeats can conceal the seed of a lasting personal victory

Evidence

To anyone who was, at the time, watching the career of the secretary, these developments must have seemed just another defeat in a life already crammed with defeats. In reality, however, something new had happened, something that would not only insure that the Reconstruction Commission’s proposals would eventually become law but that would also change the shape of Bob Moses’ life. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 484

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