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When things appear hopeless... Consider a man who lived thru this... Failed in business in '31 Defeated for the legislature in '32 Again failed in business in '34 Sweetheart died in '35 Had a nervous breakdown in '36 Defeated in election in '38 Defeated for Congress in '43 Defeated for Congress in '46 Defeated for Congress in '48 Defeated for Senate in '55 Defeated for Vice President in '56 Defeated for Senate in '58 Elected President in '60 This man was Abraham Lincoln

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