Food for thought! Abraham Lincoln Today

[LincolnMan]

(07-10-2013 03:53 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(07-09-2013 10:08 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  I like it, Lane. I like it a lot. The one word that kept jumping out at me was work.

"Work, work, work, is the main thing."

-----The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln edited by Roy P. Basler, Volume IV, "Letter To John M. Brockman" (September 25, 1860), p. 121.

Isn't is ironic that the boy (Lincoln) who was thought to be lazy by some became the man with such a strong work ethic?