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The Road to Character

David Brooks

David Brooks examines moral character through lives shaped by vocation, weakness, love, service, and humility, asking how inner life can grow alongside public achievement.

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11 parts, about 28 minutes to read.

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Author
David Brooks
Parts
11 parts
Reading time
about 28 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. The Two Adams2 min
  2. A Language of Humility2 min
  3. Frances Perkins: Answering a Call4 min
  4. Dwight Eisenhower: Discipline and Its Limits3 min
  5. Dorothy Day: Love and Demanding Service2 min
  6. George C. Marshall: Serving an Institution2 min
  7. Dignity and Nonviolent Power2 min
  8. George Eliot: Love and Sympathy2 min
  9. Augustine: The Order of Love2 min
  10. Samuel Johnson: Looking Clearly at the Self3 min
  11. The Big Me and a Different Way to Live4 min

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