Robert Moses declared public service ambitions as a Yale senior

Evidence

When bull-session discussions turned to careers after college, Moses said he was going to “go into public service.” He didn’t have any specific plans, and even talked occasionally of teaching government. But, more and more, his thinking seemed to his friends to be turning to a more active role. He wanted, he told them, to help the underprivileged, the lower classes, the people ground down by forces beyond their control. These phrases were not unusual ones among college seniors. But Moses’ friends were impressed by the intensity, the evident, deep belief, with which he spoke them. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 200

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Robert Moses rose within Yale partly enabled by being Jewish and excluded elsewhere — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 203; Moses began his career in public service with passionate idealism — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 248; Moses conceived public service as an instrument for implementing great social reforms — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 231 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Moses began his career in public service with passionate idealism #expands (0.80) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 248
• Moses conceived public service as an instrument for implementing great social reforms #expands (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 231
• Civil service detail once fascinated Moses as public-spirited work #corroborates (0.70) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 365