Bull Tiger Biographical Library · Giant Hundred -- Lincoln

Author: Li Siben (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: We are pleased to recommend the "Giant Biographies Series" to young friends. At the turn of the century, having such a fine series accompany you is a joy in wisdom. We believe that from the footsteps of these giants and masters, you can learn how to properly handle success and failure, comfort and hardship, joy and pain, smoothness and tribulation, understand how to face life, how to be a person, how to pursue knowledge, how to shape oneself, and how to shape the future.
Principal of Peking University: Zhao Yulin
Party Secretary: Dong Lingsheng
Principal of Tsinghua University: Zhao Qinggang
The lives of every great figure with global influence are filled with touching stories. Their rich experiences and life lessons, their spirit of struggle and elements of success, their pursuit of excellence and ability to seize opportunities, undoubtedly have a great inspirational and educational role for today's youth.
Principal of Tianjin Nankai: Kang Xiuyan
To carefully read this series of books is like seeing their appearance, speech, and actions, feeling their ideals, beliefs, ambitions, and moral integrity. This will help you learn how to be a person, how to pursue knowledge, and how to build a career.
Principal of Fudan University: Cao Tianren
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, leading the great struggle to save the Union and end slavery. Although he only received a little primary education on the frontier and had little experience in public office, his keen insight and profound humanitarianism made him one of the greatest presidents in American history.
Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, at dawn in a small log cabin three miles south of Harrodsburg in Hardin County, Kentucky. In his own words, his childhood was "a brief history of poverty." As a child, he helped his family with chores like carrying firewood, fetching water, and doing farm work. At the age of nine, his mother died, which was a cruel blow to Lincoln. Fortunately, his stepmother treated him well and often encouraged him to read and study, and he had a harmonious relationship with her. Later, as he grew older, Lincoln began to earn a living independently. He worked as a farmhand, stonemason, boatman, and more. In 1830, the Lincoln family moved to Illinois, where he first gave a political speech. Due to his criticism of slavery and his proposals for the public good, Lincoln gained influence among the public, and with his outstanding character, he was elected to the state legislature in 1834. Two years later, he became a lawyer through self-study and soon became the leader of the Whig Party in the state legislature. In 1846, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1854, bourgeois figures in the Northern states who advocated for the abolition of slavery and the restriction of slavery formed the Republican Party, and Lincoln quickly became a leader of the new party. In 1858, he delivered the famous speech "A House Divided," calling for the restriction of black slavery and the unification of the nation. The speech expressed the wishes of the Northern bourgeoisie and reflected the desires of the entire nation, thus earning Lincoln great prestige. In 1860, as the Republican Party candidate, Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States. Shortly after taking office, Southern slaveholders provoked the Civil War. In this war, the burden on Lincoln's shoulders was unmatched by almost all previous U.S. presidents. However, he fulfilled his duties with extraordinary perseverance and determination, never wavering in his direction: to restore the Union and abolish slavery. In September 1862, Lincoln issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the abolition of slavery and the liberation of slaves. In June 1864, the Civil War ended with the victory of the North, marking the complete collapse of slavery. Due to his outstanding achievements, Lincoln was re-elected President of the United States on November 8, 1864. However, before he could implement his post-war policies, tragedy struck. On the evening of April 14, 1865, at 10:15 p.m., Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. The assassin was a mentally unstable actor sympathetic to the South. Abraham Lincoln passed away on April 15, 1865, at the age of 56. After his death, his body lay in 14 cities for more than two weeks for public mourning before being buried in Springfield.