THE USE OF biography needs to be seen in light of our lenses. For instance, if I put on the lens which admires genius and passionate yearning, I can be quite encouraged when I see the ambiguity of the person I am striving to understand. Right now I am listening to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67. While I am listening I can easily forgive his human foibles (even though my forgiveness is not necessarily important to Ludgy). This type of lens I compare with being longsighted. The stuff up close, the personal stuff, is blurred