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So in unity there is great strength, and there is security.
Self-Confidence: The Example of Abraham Lincoln
Last night you saw a play on Abraham Lincoln. He was born into a very poor family. In the school he attended as a boy there were many children of rich people. They came to school wearing fine, costly clothes; seeing the old clothes Lincoln wore, they mocked him. One day Lincoln came crying to his mother: “Mother! Because I wear old clothes, the other children at school make fun of me. I want good clothes,” he said. Then his mother drew him close: “My son! Understand a little of how things stand in our home. Your father works hard day and night. I too earn money mending old clothes, without a minute's rest. We have no property or possessions of any kind. Self-confidence alone is the wealth we have. So do not compare yourself with others. Build up your self-confidence. You will surely rise in life,” she taught him. His mother's words went straight to Lincoln's heart. He developed self-confidence. Studying hard day and night, he passed his higher studies.
Seeing the sacred qualities in Lincoln, his friends urged him to stand in the elections. They promised to help him as much as they could. Lincoln won the elections. Step by step, in the course of time, he rose to the seat of President of America. In those days in America the whites made slaves of the blacks and put them through great suffering. “The skin may be black, but the blood in everyone is red, is it not! So you must give up feelings of difference and practise equality,” Lincoln kept teaching. After he became President, he issued orders banning slavery. That a desperately poor boy who had no money even to buy a loaf of bread could take up the office of President of America...