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Abraham Lincoln

by Charles from Taipei

My hero is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809. His father was a farmer and think that reading is so useful for anything.This led to a difficult relationship between he and his father because he loved to read and preferred learning to working in the fields.

As he grew up, he experienced several jobs and studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer in 1836. Later, he was elected the 16th president in 1860. After his election, many southern states, fearing being controlled by the government, seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, to save the Union from falling apart and protect the slaves rights, he raised an army and decided to fight. When the war was over, he declared freedom for all slaves in the areas of the Confederacy not under Union control.

As I know, Abraham Lincoln was a symbol of peace and fairness.He knew the importance of cooperation, and thought that all the people is equal, so am I. Every time when it is time to rally a group, I have many ideals for the topic.Not knowing how to create, nor know to start, because no one assisted me, they just work with me in honorary, it resulted in nothing but tried to done perfect along. And I wish they can give equally to everyone, so that we won't have any misunderstanding and prejudice.

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Last edited 6/5/2015 12:00:00 AM

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