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becoming the most famous underground railroad operator in illinois, indeed one of the most famous operators across the north. when lovejoy arrived in princeton, he was initially made the temporary minister of the hampshire colony church but then he was appointed a salary of $600 a year, a rather good salary in those days for illinois. when he arrived in princeton he was introduced to a handful of people who were tied to the anti-slavery cause, particularly the bryant brothers, john, arthur and cyrus, another brother of theirs was famous american poet, william cullen bryant, who at th...

character in it. there's no real connection between that and this book in case you would ask. >> i wanted to ask how you go from a ph.d. thesis, the head of a think tank in washington to owning a motorcycle shop? that's not a normal career track. >> right. it's actually not quite as bizarre as many people seem to think. i keep hearing from people who are sort of refugees from either academia or, you know, sort of knowledge work. and who are doing things in the trades. there's quite a few of them out there. and it's been great to hear from them. in my own case, i tried to get an acade...

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