Lincoln and Rivals

I have been reading Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln , and one thing stands out already. Lincoln and his rivals for the Republican nomination, Seward, Chase, and Bates all had this fierce desire to study and learn. As boys and men they awoke early and went to bed late, in order to read, study, and develop their intellectual skills.

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