Dan

"Paul wrote his letter in 1778, when Meriwether was three or four. That meant he grew up alongside the people it named, including Nancy, Easter, and Dan, who were children as well. Once he became an adult, though, Lewis distanced himself from slavery. His family still bought and sold human beings. Lewis did not. When he became Jefferson’s secretary, the president offered him an enslaved body servant, but Lewis declined, opting for a free and part-time attendant instead. Lewis was not a reformer—while reporting on Native removal, he relayed Louisiana’s pro-slavery enthusiasm to Jefferson without judgment. Still, the pattern was clear. One time, during a period of prolonged hut building, Lewis issued a rare complaint about army life, writing that he felt like “more of a confined overseer than at [Locust Hill].” It was not clear what bothered him more: being confined or being a part of the system of slavery."

"Tom and Dan were warm, accessible bosses. If you had a problem, they opened their doors to you. If you needed advice, they offered it selflessly. As businessmen, they were intensely focused on managing expenses and increasing earnings, and they surrounded themselves with executives who could work for them forever as long as they adhered to the same principles. They also believed in a decentralized corporate structure. If you stuck to your budget and behaved ethically, Tom and Dan gave you room to operate with independence. Other than a CFO and a general counsel, there was no corporate staff, no centralized bureaucracy, and very little interference with the business units."

"Morten Kristiansen was the first to call everyone's attention. "You Dan," he said with a penetrating voice, "you might wonder why we are gathered here today. It's to check your dick. We only do business with men who have hair on their dicks.""