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A 3 page book review of John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning history text Profiles in Courage. The writer briefly examines three of the biographies covered in the book, before offering a personal evaluation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the U.S. Senate, prior to his election as President, and his text Profiles in Courage offers brief biographies of eight of his "historical colleagues," that is Senators from the
nations history that embodied to Kennedy the virtues and courage that represent exemplary statesmanship (Profiles in Courage). In this text, Kennedy embodied his admiration for courage "under duress" (Casey and
Casey 90), as each of the profiled Senators exhibited the courage of their convictions during difficult circumstances and in spite of any political repercussions. From the onset of his
book, Kennedy makes it clear that he equates courage, within the context of politics, with the willingness to risk damage to "their careers," endure the "unpopularity of their courses
and the defamation of their characters" (Kennedy 1). In his opening chapter, Kennedy bemoans the attitude that "Senators...must be politicians and politicians must be concerned only with winning votes, not
with statesmanship or courage" (Kennedy 2). Nevertheless, Kennedy insists that he has witnessed "innumerable acts of political courage--large and small," which occur on a regular basis on the Senate floor
(Kennedy 3). He goes on to explain to the public the orientation of someone in the Senate. This introduction provides a fitting and explanatory context for the biographies of the
Senators that follows. Kennedy begins with a profile of John Quincy Adams, and how Adams was castigated by members of his own party, the Federalists, because he placed "national
interest before party and section" (Kennedy 30). In describing Adams approach to statesmanship, Kennedy attributes his rock-like moral integrity to his Puritan heritage. Adams once wrote in his diary that
"...a politician in this country must be a man of the party. I would fain be the man of my whole country" (Kennedy 31). When Kennedy profiles Daniel Webster,
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