Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
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Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, L-37.1
Paper · 4 pp. · 25 x 19.9 cm · Washington · 10 July 1848
Abraham Lincoln, Letter to his partner and follower William H. Herndon, signed autograph
In this letter to his young partner William H. Herndon (1818-1891), who had remained in Chicago as head of their joint law office, Lincoln, who is about to lose his seat in Congress as a Representative of the Whig Party, offers a lesson in political philosophy. Exhausted by months of political battles against the Mexican-American War and hurt by "exceedingly painful" statements by his friend (whom he describes as "a laborious, studious young man"), the future American President presents his "so Lincolnian" advice: "The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him."
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