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It was described as an incredible biography of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his ethical character and how he chose to get involved in issues around him.
We tend to think of moral choices, William Lee Miller writes in his incredible biography of Abraham Lincoln.
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Episode: It’s About What You Make Happen
It was described as an incredible biography of Abraham Lincoln, focusing on his ethical character and how he chose to get involved in issues around him.
We tend to think of moral choices, William Lee Miller writes in his incredible biography of Abraham Lincoln.
There are also those latent possibilities lying all around us all the time if we bestir ourselves, Miller writes.
And by the way, you should grab William Lee Miller's book. It's amazing.
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The book "Lincoln's Virtues" was mentioned alongside another book on Lincoln, highlighting the contrast between Lincoln's moral image and his political reality.
There's a great book by William Lee Miller called Lincoln's virtues and then another local president Lincoln which we we think of Lincoln as this brilliant moral figure we don't think of him as a politician but he was a politician is politician there's that's like the Kennedy quote that parents want their kids to grow up to be president but they don't want them to be politicians but those are inseparable roles.
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The book, "Lincoln's Virtues," was described as exploring the idea that Lincoln was a politician who had to navigate political complexities, a point of comparison to the challenges faced by figures like Seneca.
One of my favorite books I think it's by William Lee Miller. It's called Lincoln's Virtues.