Chapter 11 of Ron Chernow's biography of John D. Rockefeller

Rockefeller seemingly was able to balance ruthlessness towards competitors with benevolence towards insiders, even former rivals, and especially his family.

But this compartmentalization broke down with his fickle and feckless brother Frank.

As did our podcast, when a discussion of "trust" and "failure" reopened old wounds of our own.

Is it time for us to discover a grace that Rockefeller's moralistic religion could not imagine?