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What is Abraham Lincoln known for? What dilemma did Lincoln face upon being inaugurated? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abraham Lincoln, who was president from 1861 to 1865, inherited a nation in crisis. By the time of his inauguration, seven Southern states had seceded from the Union, and his own party was divided. Lincoln had to decide whether they should try to keep the slave states in the Union, or if the time for compromise had ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves in spite of the backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Lincoln’s Crisis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to Doris Kearns Goodwin, Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation was the result of a personal crisis he experienced early in his career. The crisis stemmed from several political setbacks that prevented him from fulfilling the campaign promises he\u2019d made to his constituents. Lincoln saw these failures as a breach of integrity\u2014a trait Lincoln prized highly\u2014and thus a stain on his character. As such, these failures affected Lincoln deeply. At one point, he became so depressed that he was bedridden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did Lincoln Lose Integrity? <\/strong>

As Goodwin notes, Lincoln\u2019s failures affected him deeply because he valued integrity highly\u2014so much so that integrity was central to his identity. Lincoln was even known to his friends and colleagues as \u201cHonest Abe,\u201d a nickname he earned when he was a young shopkeeper chasing customers out of the store to ensure they got exact change.

However, his sense of failure may have been unfounded. According to the definition of acting with integrity<\/a> set forth by self-esteem expert Nathaniel Branden in The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem<\/em><\/a>, Lincoln\u2019s political failures didn\u2019t<\/em> constitute a breach of integrity. Branden argues that you can only act without integrity\u2014in other words, contrary to your values\u2014in situations you can control<\/a>. Lincoln\u2019s inability to fulfill his campaign promises doesn\u2019t fit this definition because it stemmed from factors he couldn\u2019t totally control\u2014like the fact that people didn\u2019t vote for his ideas. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, Goodwin argues, these failures were a blessing in disguise: They led Lincoln to reassess his political career and realize that, despite his desire to become president, he didn\u2019t yet possess the necessary leadership qualities to excel at the job. In response, Lincoln embarked on a journey of self-improvement in two main ways. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, Lincoln chose to study every important topic he could get books on, such as history and philosophy, in an effort to grow intellectually and morally. In this way, he refined his intellectual skills by learning classical logic and philosophical thinking\u2014and he applied these new skills to the prevailing issue of the day: the expansion of slavery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Lincoln focused on doing his best at the job he did<\/em> have\u2014his career as a lawyer. In doing so, he learned to simplify complex topics and get his audience (in this case, jurors) on his side. These persuasive skills were on full display in an 1854 speech, which his contemporaries lauded as one of the best arguments against the expansion of slavery they\u2019d ever heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Lincoln\u2019s Journey Reflects the Ultralearning Model  <\/strong>

The self-improvement journey Lincoln embarked upon after realizing that he didn\u2019t have the skills necessary to excel at being president reflects several of the principles necessary for strategic, self-directed learning that Scott Young espouses in Ultralearning<\/em><\/a>. 

First, Young argues that to learn a subject or skill, you must first learn how to learn it<\/em><\/a>\u2014which you do partly by determining what you need to learn, then examining how others have learned that subject, so you can emulate their strategies. As Young recommends, Lincoln determined that to refine his intellectual skills, he needed to learn subjects like history and philosophy\u2014and that to learn these subjects, he needed to read books, just as others had.

Second, Young argues that to master a subject, you must practically apply any theoretical skills you\u2019ve learned<\/a>. Not only did Lincoln apply his newfound intellectual skills by analyzing the expansion of slavery, but he also regularly practiced rhetoric during his career as a lawyer. The fact that his contemporaries lauded his 1854 speech against the expansion of slavery suggests that Lincoln fully mastered both these analytical and rhetorical skills.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

How Lincoln\u2019s Crisis Affected His Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Goodwin contends that Lincoln\u2019s intellectual skills and his ability to persuade others affected his decision to release the Emancipation Proclamation in two main ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, Goodwin argues that the intellectual skills Lincoln developed during his personal crisis were critical to his decision to release the Emancipation Proclamation. Although he viewed slavery as a moral abomination, Lincoln didn\u2019t initially set out to free the slaves; he didn\u2019t initially think that presidents had that legal power. So what led him to change his mind? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodwin argues that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves not just because it was a moral thing to do\u2014it was also a strategic move that would cripple the Confederate war effort and thus fell within the wartime powers legally granted to the president. In this way, the intellectual skills Lincoln refined during his crisis allowed him to see the loophole that let him release the Emancipation Proclamation.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, Goodwin argues that Lincoln was only able to convince his cabinet of the need to release the Emancipation Proclamation due to his skill of persuasion. Since Lincoln wanted to save the Union, he selected the most capable men in the country to be in his cabinet\u2014despite the fact that many were rivals of his with drastically different views on slavery. But thanks to Lincoln\u2019s understanding of the issue and his ability to address all their concerns, he could persuade each of them to support his signing of the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: In her 2005 book Team of Rivals<\/em><\/a>, Goodwin goes into greater detail on each member of Lincoln\u2019s cabinet, explaining why they disliked not just him, but each other\u2014and why many of them eventually grew into ardent admirers of Lincoln. However, despite Lincoln\u2019s successes, his team of rivals didn\u2019t survive his entire presidency<\/a>: Notably, Salmon P. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, never fully supported Lincoln and ultimately resigned in 1864.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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