Even in college Moses deliberately selected rather than accepted his friends
Evidence
Though Moses had lived alone during his first two years at Yale, in his last two he had roommates, as a senior Raymond P. McNulty and Elias “Five A” Johnson. “I didn’t come to him,” Johnson recalls. “He approached me and asked me to room with him. Of course I was glad to. We had been friendly before. But I think the fact that he approached me is an indication of a tendency I noticed in Bob; he selected his friends.” — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 194
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The young Moses already refused to accept rejection from authority figures — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 183; Ambition was not the whole motive driving young Moses — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 274; Moses combined soaring idealism with ready deception even in college — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 17 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Ambition was not the whole motive driving young Moses
#qualifies(0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 274 - Moses combined soaring idealism with ready deception even in college
#corroborates(0.72) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 17 - Moses needed to display superiority more than he wanted power.
#expands(0.70) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 1858