On Character: Lincoln
I recently read a wonderful story about Abraham Lincoln told by the great historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin. It was 1855 and Edwin Stanton was an extremely prominent lawyer out of Ohio. Stanton was involved in a significant law case that would be tried in Chicago. There was word that an up-and-coming lawyer by the name of Abraham Lincoln had meaningful insights into the judges in Chicago and Stanton directed his staff to reach out to Lincoln for his insights. Lincoln obliged an