What You'll Learn:
It’s often tempting to surround ourselves with people who will tell us what we want to hear. Lincoln demonstrated courage and concern for country over his own sense of self-importance when he incorporated into his cabinet the very men against whom he’d run—all of whom had more political experience than Lincoln at the time of his election. This is the story of Lincoln’s ability to win unlikely hearts and minds to his cause, to mediate conflicts, and assuage the concerns of a torn and anxious nation.
Key Insights:
- The deck was stacked against Lincoln in the race for the Republican nomination, which has left historians wondering how Lincoln pulled it off.
- The people Lincoln beat in the presidential nomination were the same he wanted in his cabinet.
- Lincoln had more ambitious abolition goals than even his closest advisors realized.
- Abraham Lincoln proved receptive to critique from whites and blacks alike concerning post-emancipation policy.
- Word of Abraham Lincoln’s skill as a leader had spread to remote corners of the globe within a few decades of his death.
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