tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post4806825142508530781..comments2024-03-28T11:28:31.364-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `As the Random Fancy or the Feeling Directs'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-3788084404143960182013-12-10T20:54:42.198-06:002013-12-10T20:54:42.198-06:00A biographer--probably Joseph Ellis--of John Adams...A biographer--probably Joseph Ellis--of John Adams has a knowing account of Adams' library. He says Adams, always argumentative, would write long and detailed dissents in the margins of his books. And would keep them. Which is to say, if you judged his tastes by his library, you would have gotten entirely the wrong impression, because he seemed to treasure most the books he agreed with least.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.com