GMAT Reading Comprehension (RC) | One often hears that biographies are autobiographies, that the

One often hears that biographies are autobiographies,
that the biographer is always writing about himself. On
the contrary, serious biographers seek and welcome the
unfamiliar, however troublesome to account for. Ron
Chernow, the author of rich biographies of the American
businessmen J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, remarks
that biographers “like to stub their toes on hard,
uncomfortable facts strewn in their paths.” Such encounters
with the unaccountable are opportunities for breaking
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