In 1831, Abraham Lincoln failed in a business venture.
In 1832, Lincoln was defeated as a candidate for the state legislature.
In 1833, Lincoln failed once again in another business venture.
In 1835, Lincoln's fiancee died, shattering him.
In 1836, Lincoln suffered a nervous breakdown.
In 1843, Lincoln was defeated as a candidate for the U.S. Congress.
In 1848, Lincoln once again was defeated as a candidate for the U.S. Congress.
In 1855, Lincoln was defeated as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
In 1856, Lincoln was defeated as a candidate for U.S. Vice President.
In 1859, Lincoln once again was defeated as a candidate for the U.S. Senate.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States of America.
Today we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. We will remember his courageous leadership during the US Civil War between 1861 and 1865, but perhaps, more than anything else, we should remember his incredible perseverance, all throughout his life, and how we must do likewise in international ministry.
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All that failure and then he destroyed states rights, contributed to the rise of the KuKluxKlan, and was a failure as a husband. Yeah I guess if our goals is to fail he is a good example.
Anisheyma- Do you really think that the United States should have been divided? The Klu Klux klan is an inexcusable, egregious horrible faction, which I personally harbor a particularly strong hatred for as I think they epitomize exactly how purely evil, disgusting, ugly and WRONG racism is. WOULD YOU RATHER AFRICAN AMERICANS STILL BE ENSLAVED? THINK THAT IS BETTER? I don’t. I think that anyone at that time that was enslaved was quite happy that slavery was abolished. I certainly don’t think they had any ill feelings towards Honest Abe. The first “klan” were confederate veterans so I could see how you may feel that this was a consequence. However Lincoln was NOT a failure. He successfully and gracefully led our country through the largest internal crisis it had ever seen. And FYI- he was very against slavery (EMANCIPATIN PROCLAMATION!!!) Also- this was one of the key reasons war was officially declared. Of course it was not the main reason and was even used as a sort of propaganda. In any event you cannot condemn a man of his great stature just based on the principle that he was “not a great husband” (which you never married him so this is not really something you are entitled to have a rational opinion about) and the KKK had risen as a consequence. The whole point of the poster is that he kept going when most people would have given up and was able to radically CHANGE our country for THE BETTER. The poster is meant to be inspirational not to conjure up stupidity about anguish over the kkk- an unfortunate consequence. Wake up and do a little objective reading.
Amanda thank you for your knowledge. The average person doesn't know the positive influences he had on our current world!
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