Famous+Failures+of+Abraham+Lincoln

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Did you know it took Abraham Lincoln 28 years until he became the sixteenth President of the United States. He has encountered several defeats and failures. In 1832 he was defeated for legislature but however, 2 years later he was elected to legislature. He also lost his job in 1832 and failed in business the next year. Later his sweetheart Ann Rutledge died and had a nervous breakdown. 2 years later he was defeated for speaker and 5 years after that he was defeated for nomination for Congress. 3 years later he was elected to Congress. In 1849 he was rejected for land officer and 5 years later he was defeated for Senate twice. Later on 2 years later he was defeated for nomination for Vice-President. He has encountered over 15 major failures in his life but look how he turned out, the president of the United States. He's failed time and time again but he never gave up and became President. The message is however many times you fail, you have to not give up.