I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.I am not bound to succeed, but am bound to live up to what light I have.I must stand with anybody that stands right.Stand with him while is right and part with him when he goes wrong.That was remarked by one of the greatest presidents in the US history.And he is the very president that fascinates me most.He is Abraham Lincoln.
Unlike other presidents, he was not born in the upper cla.On the contrary, he had a very humble origin.His family was very poor.Both of his father and mother were farmers and illiterate.He didn’t go to Harvard or Princeton University like many celebrities did.In fact, he received le than one year’s formal education.But, with patient effort, doggy perseverance, he taught himself law.He attacked his legal studies with the same single-minded dedication and paion he reserved for reading and spent many hours trying to make up for the early learning he felt he lacked.As a practicing lawyer in the courts, he was admired by his fellow profeionals and regarded by everyone who met him with great affection.
After that, after a series of defeat, he finally became the president of the United Stated.Then he devoted all himself to the freedom of the slaves.
Soon the Southern states rebelled.They set up a state of their own, where they would keep Negroes as slaves.
About south-north relationship, he once said that \"A house divided against itself cannot stand.\" Further, to state his intentions in a way that could not be misinterpreted, he said plainly: \"I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.\"
Fighting broke out between the North and the South.This was theAmerican Civil War.The war lasted four years and ended in the victory of the northern army.The nation was reunited and the slaves were allset free.On the fifth day after the surrender of the Confederate troop, Lincoln was shot to death at a theatre in Washington, D.C.The whole nation fell into a deep sorrow.
Looking back at his life, many people considered him to be the greatest president of all time.Yet it should be remembered how many defeats and sufferings he had been going through.
The genius of Abraham Lincoln is such that almost all American presidents and presidential aspirants since have turned to him for guidance and inspiration.Obama once wrote an article for Time
Magazine in which he said: \"In Lincoln\'s rise from poverty, his ultimate
mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal lo and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat – in all this, he reminded me just...of my own struggles.\"
Yes, we have good reason to believe that family, personal history, education and situation, none of these can hold back a strong spirit.Everyone has “the right to rise”.Face things in front of us because the most formidable enemy lies within us.Though we may have little chance to become the president or we may never make that much great
contributions made by Abraham Lincoln, but we can be the masters of our lives.Thank you very much.
