source: [[125.014 Books - Abraham Lincoln - Team of Rivals]] tags: relevant:
- [[106.005 About me - My life mission]]
- [[107.014.04 Stoic virtues - 4. Justice]]
- [[107.021 Philosophy - Rosenberg - Empathy]]
- [[107.026 Philosophy - Lincoln never held a grudge]]
- [[116.045 Life Lessons - If you ever have the urge to reply in a mean way]]
- [[116.049 Life Lessons - You get what you give]]
- [[116.056 Life Lessons - Control the inputs not the outcomes]]
- [[119.023 NVC - Get what you want by helping them get what they want]]
- [[119.032 NVC - Do not imply judgement]]
- [[119.047 NVC - Keep giving empathy]]
- [[119.058 NVC - Punishing somebody is a terrible way to get what I want]]
- [[119.067 Communication - Lincoln's empathy helped him understand]]
- [[131.009 Leadership - Lift others up even at cost to yourself]]
- [[131.010 Leadership - Do what should be done, not what can be done]]
Upon knowing his absolute victory, at long last, there wasn't a trace of pride or smugness or vanity in the President. He seemed as if a great sadness had been released, but he did not gloat, did not punish. In fact, he said quite the opposite in his second inauguration address just one month before being assassinated:
"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
Amazing.