As it is a Prussian virtue, "Prussian discipline" would in fact have been the better term.
(06-19-2014, 10:24 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote: The assassination was a horrible blow for the kid, but it forced him to grow and mature in a way that I am not sure would have happened with his indulgent father on the scene.
According to Elizabeth Keckley he sensed that right the day after the assassination: "Pa is dead. I can hardly believe that I shall never see him again. I must learn to take care of myself now. Yes, Pa is dead, and I am only Tad Lincoln now, little Tad, like other little boys. I am not a president's son now. I won't have many presents anymore. Well, I will try and be a good boy, and will hope to go someday to Pa and brother Willie, in Heaven."