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He not only had the gift of “reading” men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.
He not only had the gift of “reading” men and women, of seeing into their hearts, he also had the gift of putting himself in their place, of not just seeing what they felt but of feeling what they felt, almost as if what had happened to them had happened to him, too.
Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
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- Robert A. Caro
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- Approximate author period: c. 1935 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Robert Caro: documented birth year 1935; activity date not established. Wikidata Q373423, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q373423 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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