(an excerpt from "Bits and Pieces")

	It's a rare person who doesn't get 
discouraged.  Whether it happens to us or to 
an associate we're trying to cheer up, the 
answer centers around one word: perseverence.
	The value of courage, persistence, 
and perseverance has rarely been illustrated 
more convincingly than in the life story of 
this man (his age appears in the column to 
the right):

					Age
Failed in business			22
Ran for legislature- defeated		23
Again failed in business		24
Elected to legislature			25
Sweetheart died				26
Had a nervous breakdown			27
Defeated for Speaker			29
Defeated for Elector			31
Defeated for Congress			34
Elected to Congress			39
Defeated for Senate			46
Defeated for Vice President		47
Defeated for Senate			49
Elected President of the 
		United States		51

That's the record of Abraham Lincoln

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