I just finished reading Doris Kearns Goodwin’s stellar, Pulitzer Prize winning biography on Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. And being that I’m in a very philosophical mood, I want to post this quote which was taken from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.

  Let it turn over in your head for a little while; I think its message can be aptly applied to any hardships you are currently facing.  Moreover, when reading this quote, keep in mind the poetic beauty of Lincoln’s words; rarely is such rhetoric used in today’s politics.

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in…”

If you’re interested in reading Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, check out this link to Amazon.com.

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