J.P. Morgan employed a fabulous, intelligent and shrewd woman as a librarian. And virtually everything she said about herself was false:
"Belle da Costa Greene had impressed [Junius Morgan, J.P. Morgan's nephew] with her quick intelligence and eager aptitude for knowledge about books. Late in 1905 he introduced her to his uncle. ... [who] hired Miss Greene for $75 a month. She had been earning $40 at Princeton. |
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