On Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln lost 8 elections before he won one. He failed in business, he failed as a farmer, he ran for the state legislature and lost, his first wife died, and he had a nervous breakdown. When he ran for Speaker, he lost, he then ran for Congress and lost. He ran for the U.S. Senate and lost. He ran for vice president and lost. He ran for the U.S. Senate again and lost, then lost again. Finally he won the election to become President, and then country went into a Civil War.

But he was the greatest president of the U.S. and the most interesting man who ever lived, according to Robert Frost.