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Nicholas H. Shepherd, the earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln, c. 1846, Library of Congress
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Lincoln kept losing

He lost elections, buried the woman he loved, and still saved the nation that never made anything easy for him.

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  1. He lost elections, buried the woman he loved, and still saved the nation that never made anything easy for him.
  2. HE STARTED WITH ALMOST NOTHING
  3. HIS FIRST ELECTION WAS A LOSS
  4. THEN ANN RUTLEDGE DIED
  5. HIS CAREER KEPT STALLING
  6. THEN HE WON THE PRESIDENCY
  7. THE MAN WHO KEPT LOSING HAD TO SAVE THE UNION
  8. WHY THE FAILURE LIST GETS SHARED

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