Excerpt from Was Lincoln a Failure at Fifty? This curious history of humiliation concluded, as does He Could Take It, with the story of Lincoln's dramatic success late in life, with a strong implication that continuous frustrations were an essential prelude to his triumph. Similar cards have had a wide circula tion and the same false message has been etched in metals for the inspiration of all who may read. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.