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History as an antidote to despair
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master,” Lincoln wrote in 1858. “This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
George Packer • Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
Originality is not a fixed trait. It is a free choice. Lincoln wasn’t born with an original personality. Taking on controversy wasn’t programmed into his DNA; it was an act of conscious will. As the great thinker W. E. B. DuBois wrote, “He was one of you and yet he became Abraham Lincoln.”
Adam Grant • Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
It was, Lincoln was saying now, about democracy and equality. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,” Lincoln said in words that would live ever after. “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether t
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