Young Moses discussed government obsessively but never money

Evidence

Gove was a tall, rawboned farmer’s son from Wisconsin who regarded himself as a good walker, but he had trouble keeping up with Moses. As they walked, Moses would talk and, as his thoughts raced, his legs seemed to keep pace, so that at times he was almost trotting in his eagerness to get downtown. “We talked about everything under the sun,” Gove recalls—art, philosophy, history. The one subject not mentioned was one other young men might have dwelt on: making money. “He just wasn’t interested in that,” Gove says. The subject that dominated the talk was government and particularly the government of New York City. “He was all caught up in his work,” Gove says. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 331

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Young Moses disregarded finances and funded major work through his parents — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 450; Ambition was not the whole motive driving young Moses — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 274; Moses dismissed discussion and valued implementation over debate from his earliest career — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the…, 283 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Young Moses disregarded finances and funded major work through his parents #corroborates (0.85) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 450
• Moses’s early failure came from ignoring greed, self-interest, and the drive for power #complicates (0.78) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 376
• Ambition was not the whole motive driving young Moses #qualifies (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 274
• Moses dismissed discussion and valued implementation over debate from his earliest career #qualifies (0.75) — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 283