General
Hillary’s College Letters
In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters - New York Times:
As one would expect of letters written during college, Ms. Rodham’s letters display an evolution in sophistication, viewpoint and intellectual focus. One existential theme that recurs throughout is that Ms. Rodham views herself as an “actor,” meaning a student activist committed to a life of civic action, which she contrasts with Mr. Peavoy, who, in her view, is more of an outside critic, or “reactor.”“Are you satisfied with the part you have cast yourself in?” she asks Mr. Peavoy in April 1966. “It seems that you have decided to become a reactor rather than actor — everything around will determine your life.”
She is mildly patronizing if not scornful, as she encourages her friend to “try-out” for life. She quotes from “Doctor Zhivago,” “Man is born to live, not prepare for life,” and signs the letter “Me” (“the world’s saddest word,” she adds parenthetically).
Takeaway: Like many Baby Boomers, Hillary was a whiny insufferable bore in the sixties. Gag.
Discussion
Comments are disallowed for this post.
Dave - How would YOU like to be judged by crap you wrote earlier in life - how about yesterday?
Handwriting analysis has been my avocation for 40 years and Hillary’s college letter indicates that she was a sensitive, friendly young woman who was probably a reserved Extravertive Feeling type (Jungian psychology). While her script indicated that she wanted to live life fully, there was still a degree of holding back. She had a modest ego, which can be seen in her personal pronoun “I” that is not as elaborated asothr capitals and even some of her lower case letters. It would be interesting to see samples over time.