i think he had 9 record at choate for the most times in the infirmary.ing to chelsea hospital or boston baptist, away for the longest time, sick and alone, reading history, becoming a love of history. he's 14 years old and read church hill's history of world war i. he read "new york times" every day at school. he got it by mail, i guess. he was a self-made guy. >> what a great quote when jackie said history made jack, because he was so alone. he was lying in a hospital beds and infirmaies so off and on. also fascinating, you explain how he goes up to chote as the second son. >> yeah. >> in the shadow of the remarkable joe jr. who you reveal wasn't so remarkable after all. a great line in there is how observers said john kenneth galbert said joe jr. started every sentence with, dad says. >> father said. father says. what a replicate he was and yet jack -- i'm a second son. anybody who's a second son or second daughter know, you have to be original, a little rebellious. he was very much like the character, that character, sebastian, this guy, charles ryder

you explain how he goes up to choate as the second son.rkable joe junior, who you reveal wasn't so remarkable after all. a great line in there is how observers said john kenneth galbraith said, started every sense with dad says. >> like old world, father says -- what a kid he was, and yet jack was -- anybody's a second son or daughter knows what i'm talking about, you've got to be a little original, rebellious. he was very much like the character in brideshead revisited, that character sebastian. the guy who comes back with the older brother's a straight arrow, does everything right, everything the parents love, and here's this young jack trying to make his name. he's not a jock. you know, jean kennedy, the last surviving sibling said the same thing that jackie said. she said the key to jack was he was always so sick, always reading history, becoming sort of an intellectual that separated him from the rest of the family, who were largely jocks. >> no doubt about it. so, could you explain -- he gets into congress in '46 he and nixon are fel

he was absolutely remarkable at choate.getting phone calls. what's your blood count? he's thinking he's dying and nobody comes to see him. and jack he that right. some of this is just mother-in-law to daughter-in-law, but jackie said he was a lonely kid who all his life, especially in his youth, was all alone out there reading books of heros. he was always sick. i think he had the record at choate for most times in the infirmary and all through college he was like that, going off to chelsea hospital or boston baptist of the he was away for a long time, sick and alone and reading history and becoming a lover of history. he read winston churchill's entire history and he analyzed article after article. he was a self-made guy. >> and chris, what a great quote when jackie said history made jack because he was so alone. he was lying in hospital beds and infirmries so off and on. also fascinating. you -- you explain how he goes up to choate as the second son. >> yeah. >> in the shadow. remarkable joe jr. who you reveal wasn't so r

. >> he went to choate school, which is a private boarding school up in connecticut. and i had heard the rumor that maybe he got the ask not what you can do for your country from his headmaster. the speechwriter thought it might be true, but never could prove it. i went up there, they pulled open a looseleaf book. i opened it. it was the headmaster's daily sermon notes. it had the number of the hymns, and it said, the youth should always ask of its alma mater, not what he can do for them, but what he can do for her. i found where it came from. >> a 50 year mystery right here. >> it was a heroic memory and i'm bringing it back to life as best i can in my book. thanks again to jay for having me on. up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lie on one of those, we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. it's r

. >> he went to choate school which is a private boarding school up in connecticut.he ask not what you can do, ask what you can do for your country from his headmaster. his speechwriter thought it might be true but never could prove it. i went up there, they pulled open a loose leaf book. i opened up the loose-leaf book. it was the headmaster's daily sermon notes. it had the number of the hymns, and then it had an essay that said the youth should always ask of its alma mater not, and then quotes, not what she can do for him, but what he can do for her. and i found -- >> where it came from. 50-year mystery right here. >> it was a heroic moment by the way in kennedy's administration and the history. i'm bringing it back to life as best a can in my book. thanks again to jay for having me on. that's "hardball" for now. up next "your business" with j.j. ramberg. congratulations. congratulations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire businesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and building

at public relations at the choat school, i sat there with a have reserved archivist. she pulled out a binder. i said i want to found out ask not what your country can do for you. she opened something up and it says the young man the youth should always ask him his alma mater not what can she do for me but what i can do for her in internal quotes. i said this is where the thing came from. teddy sorensen had been thinking it came from there. it was the best theory where it came from but he could never proof it because he never went up. all of the other stuff got hold of the tight sipt notes and the scribbled notes of teddy white after his interview with jackie the week after jack was killed which is an amazing fr hour interview. nobody evernew it was that long. they're all diagonal scribbled and i looked and found things like his mother never loved him. s moer neveroved him >> charlie: she said that. >> she said that about rose kennedy. she loved being the wife of the ambassador. she never loved him. she's trying to explain her husband. >> charlie: esive. >> she called

. >> he went to choate school, which is a private boarding school up in connecticut.ad heard the rumor that maybe he got the ask not what you can do for your country from his headmaster. the speechwriter thought it might be true, but never could prove it. i went up there, they pulled open a looseleaf book. it was the headmaster's daily sermon notes. it had the number of the hymns, and it said, the youth should always ask of its alma mater, not what he can do for them, but what he can do for her. it was a heroic memory and i'm bringing it back to life as best i can in my book. thanks again to jay for having me on. >>> up next, the senate voted overwhelmingly for president obama's jobs bill for veterans. today's veterans day, by the way, of course, those who are off today know it. why is it so difficult for american's veterans coming back from iraq and afghanistan to find work here in their home country? you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here. to help c

you have a travel budget. 99% of the time you have to go to the story to get it and i went up to choate academy. i heard the speculation, that it came from his headmaster. silting there in the back room with judy russell and the public relations person let me in and she hands me a loose note binder and i open it up and there on the right-hand side is the sermon that day by george st. john, the headmaster quoting his hero from harvard where the youth should ask the alma mater where she can do for me but what i can do for her. with quote marks around it and at the time one of the people who didn't like him said he plagiarized our headmaster like he's supposed to say as my headmaster said but there's a lot of controversy at coat about him using those lines. >> we've been talking so much about changing standards and saying why aren't you going after herman cain, why didn't you go after jack kennedy's relationship, his marriage and the mystery of it. i reported on caroline kennedy's new book, michael blesh loss, the audio tapes, jacqueline kennedy adored this man. >> she loved him completely