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Abraham Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois and finally to the presidency of a country divided by Civil War. Lincoln had a tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, he was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered union, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.

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