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The greatest president, examined by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Cunningham explores Lincoln's leadership genius: building a 'team of rivals,' growing morally during the war, and redefining American democracy through the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address.
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Lincoln had less than a year of formal education. Everything he knew — law, rhetoric, Shakespeare, geometry, history — he taught himself through reading. His biography is the ultimate case of self-education through books.
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Lincoln's moral growth during the presidency shows that leaders can learn on the job
Lincoln entered office willing to preserve slavery to save the Union. He left office having freed 4 million people. His moral evolution during the war is one of history's most consequential examples of a leader learning and growing.Was this useful?