Show 11 II YOU IKE ARI REMEMBER WHEN abraham lincoln was war a young man he ran for the legislature of illinois and was badly swamped ile he next entered business tailed failed and spent seventeen years ol of his lite life paying up the debts of a worthless I 1 partner he was in love with a beamut beautiful ifal young women to whom he became engaged then she died later he married a woman who was a constant burden to him entering politics again he ran for congress and again was badly defeated i he then tried to get an appointment to the U S land office but tailed failed he became a candidate tor for the U I 1 S senate and was badly defeated in 1856 he became a candi candidate aate tor for the vice presidency and was again defeated in 1858 1959 he be was defeated by douglas one failure after another bad failures great setbacks in the face ot of all this he eventually became one of the country count rys s g greatest men J jt f not I 1 the greatest when you think of a series of set backs like this it make you feel kind of small to become discouraged cou raged just enst because you think you are having a hard time in life praetorian girard |