He failed in business in '31. He was defeated for state legislator in '32.He tried another business in '33. It failed. His fiancee died in '35. He had a nervous breakdown in '36. In '43 he ran for congress and was defeated. He tried again in '48 and was defeated again. He tried running for the Senate in '55. He lost.The next year he ran for Vice President and lost. In '59 he ran for the Senate again and was defeated.
In 1860, the man who signed his name A. Lincoln, was elected the 16th President of the United States. The difference between history's boldest accomplishments and its most staggering failures is often, simply, the diligent will to persevere
February 12, 2007
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marc anthony
love the daily cheese
keep rbinging it on
Posted 2 years -3 months ago
marc anthony
love the daily cheese
keep rbinging it on
Posted 2 years -3 months ago
mary
No matter how many times i read about Abraham Lincoln's bizarre life (his death was just as weird) --- failure, failure, failure, then going on to be the greatest president your country has ever known -- i always get choked up. The nobility of him picking himself up off the floor again and again. What an incredible person he must have been. Persistence beats resistence, eh?
Posted 2 years -3 months ago
cheese
What's with the comment on Abe Lincoln?
Posted 6 months ago
cheese
King of pop,I miss u since we got out of school!
Posted 6 months ago
cheese
mary,Abe Lincoln was NOT a failure!!!He was a great president. So,right back at ya!
Posted 6 months ago
cheese
King of pop,Pleease reply. I'm desperate!
Posted 6 months ago
cheese
I had hated being cooped up in school all day,but,now I don't know hat to do.King of pop, you're my only friend here. Talk to me.
Posted 6 months ago
cheese
Mary, what does peristance mean?
Posted 6 months ago
