Before Lincoln entered American politics, he was just an insignificant lawyer in a small town. When he first tried to win the parliamentary nomination, his political opponents accused him of being a heretic because he didn't belong to any church. Because of his marriage with the arrogant Todd and Edward families, he was called the tool of the chaebol and nobles. Although these accusations are absurd, they are enough to hurt Lincoln's future. As a result, Lincoln lost the election. This is the first countercurrent he encountered in his political career.
Two years later, Lincoln, together with many liberals, spoke boldly in Congress, denouncing the President for launching a "war of plunder and murder, a war of robbery and dishonor", claiming that God "forgot to take care of the innocent and weak, and let murderers, robbers and demons from hell slaughter men, women and children at will, thus destroying this just land".
Lincoln was an unknown congressman. The government ignored this speech, but it caused a hurricane in Springfield. Six thousand people joined the army in Illinois. They believe that they are fighting for sacred freedom. Now, their elected representatives actually say in Congress that these soldiers are demons from hell and murderers. Angry soldiers held a public meeting and accused Lincoln of meanness, cowardice and shame.
At the party, everyone agreed that they had never seen "these shameful things Lincoln did" and that "abusing the notoriety of brave survivors and glorious martyrs will only arouse the indignation of every upright Illinois."
This hatred smoldered for more than ten years, until 13 years later, Lincoln was elected president, and someone attacked him with these words.
Lincoln said to his partner's lawyer, "I am tantamount to political suicide." At the moment, he is afraid to return to China to face the voters. In order to stay in Washington, he tried to seek the position of "land bureau member", but failed; He wanted to be nominated as "governor of Oregon" and hoped to become the first senator after the state joined the union, but he also failed.
So he went back to the dirty law firm in Springfield town, once again put the cool "husband deer" in front of the rickety car and drove around the eighth judicial district.
Hornton said in the biography of Lincoln:
"When we stay in a country hotel, we usually share a bed. The bed is always too short for Lincoln's length, so his feet hang outside the bed tail board, revealing a small tibia. Nevertheless, he put the candle on the chair beside the bed and read for hours. Several other people in my roommate and I are fast asleep, and he is still studying hard in this position until 2 am. Every time he goes out on patrol, he studies it like this. Later, he can easily prove all the theorems in six volumes of Euclidean geometry. "
"After reading geometry, he studied algebra, then astronomy, and even wrote a speech about language development. However, he is still most interested in Shakespeare's masterpieces. His literary hobby still exists. "
After six painful years, something happened suddenly, which changed the direction of Lincoln's life and made him start walking towards the White House.
In fact, if Lincoln faces temporary setbacks and failures, he will not move forward. If he doesn't fight, he can only be a trivial little lawyer, but he can't be a great president in American history.
Miracles often happen when you are unlucky. Many things can't be done under smooth sailing, but after setbacks and sorrows, they can be done more perfectly and ideally. Stress can produce strange forces. People's best work is often done in adversity. Mental stress, even physical pain, can be a spiritual stimulant.
Stress creates opportunities for people to think and mature as soon as possible. Wood is straight with rope, but gold is hardened. People who have achieved great things in the world have been trained hard. Difficult circumstances generally sink people, but in the eyes of those who try to achieve great things, difficulties will eventually be overcome. This is the so-called "wind and rain, jade becomes a tool", that is, jade can become a tool after hard carving.
Pressure can make people who achieve great things suffer multiple impacts on their thoughts and feelings, from which they can realize the true meaning of life and consciously grasp the direction of life. If you want to do something, you have to do something. What should be done must be done well, and what should not be done must be resolutely not done. If people want to gain something, they will lose something. What should be lost should not be stingy, even reluctantly give up what one favours. Getting is not necessarily something to be grateful for, and losing is not entirely a bad thing. Whether these problems can be handled calmly and properly. It depends on how successful you are. On the contrary, if people are too lucky and lack pressure, they will fall into laziness. I don't know the meaning and happiness of challenging life. For those masters who are good at doing things, they are not afraid of pressure, because pressure will fall on everyone's head; On the contrary, they prefer the "pressure-driven method" to make a big difference in their lives under pressure.
—— Quoted from Yanbian People's Publishing House, there are always more methods than problems.