Whenever the going gets tough, encourage yourself with the following example of persistence:
- He failed in business in '32.
- He ran for the state legislature in '32 and lost.
- He tried business again in '33 and failed.
- His sweetheart died in '35.
- He had a nervous breakdown in '36.
- He ran for state elector in '40, after he regained his health.
- He was defeated for Congress in '43, again in '48, again when he ran for Senate in '55, and for vice president of the United States in '56.
- He ran for the Senate again in '58 and lost.
Even after all his failures, this man refused to quit. He kept trying, until in 1860 he was elected president of the United States. By now you know that this man was Abraham Lincoln.
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