Abraham Lincoln Personified This Example Of ...

Abraham Lincoln personified this example of patience on numerous occasions but one sticks out in particular. Their was a man who treated Lincoln with more cruelty than anyone ever had. His name was Edwin Stanton and he said of Lincoln that he was a low cunning clown and had nothing but venom to say about Lincoln. Yet Lincoln never said a word and actually when Lincoln became President, Lincoln asked this man who had called him every name under the son to be his war minister because Lincoln felt that he was the best man for the job and everyday Lincoln treated that man with respect and courtesy. It is said that as Lincoln lay dying from an assassins bullet that Stanton looked down on Lincoln and said “there lies the greatest ruler of men the world has ever seen.” Why the change of heart? Because the patience of love had won.