Common Man President Lincoln - A Good Role Model for Chinese Children

Author: Yang Yi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: To step into American history, one must step into the history of Washington. For Americans and people around the world, Washington is a figure of great legend. His strong sense of wilderness inspired countless individuals. With firm steps, he blazed numerous paths and wrote countless . He took up arms to launch the American Revolutionary War; he was elected as the President of the United States; and he was also a President who lived in the wilderness—Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809 into a poor American immigrant family. From a young age, he was passionate about reading, yet he only attended school for one year. The land and life became his best teachers. He was resolute, brave, upright, and humble. As a lawyer, he helped the weak and aided the poor; as a President, he upheld democracy and called for peace. He freed countless American Black slaves and was remembered in history like the Emancipation Proclamation. Generations have affectionately called him the "People's President." Marx once said of Lincoln, "He was a man who was not intimidated by difficulties, nor blinded by success. He moved steadfastly toward his great goals without hesitation; he advanced steadily without retreat. In short, he was a rare individual who achieved greatness while retaining his fine qualities. This outstanding and morally upright person was so humble that only after he fell as a martyr did the world recognize him as a hero."