What one word character description set President Lincoln apart?

[David Lockmiller]

(10-24-2024 07:04 PM)AussieMick Wrote:  I like 'Leadership' ... so tried to think of something better and in doing so tried to identify what could be a weakness of someone that's strong as a Leader. True, it doesnt require humility. And obviously there have been many successful Leaders who are now regarded as appalling human beings.

The important point is 'what set him apart from others at that time'. I suggest Focused.
Anybody can be focused ... I'm sure many of his Cabinet were 'focused' and some of the great figures of the past (Napoleon, Churchill even Stalin) were focused.
Lincoln though stayed focused ... always, as far as I know, on what [Lincoln] wanted to achieve. . . .

Excellent. As I was reading this, I thought of a post that I recently made regarding the appointment of Grant to be Lieutenant General of the Armies and "what he [Lincoln] wanted to achieve."

"I shall then make a very short speech to you, to which I desire you to reply, for an object."

In that reply, Lincoln asked the general to incorporate two points: "1st To say something which shall prevent or obviate any jealousy of you from any of the other generals in the service, and secondly, something which shall put you on as good terms as possible with this Army of the Potomac."