Overcoming Fear
Why do others feel afraid while others fear nothing?
There was a moment in the in early morning of November 19, 1863 that Abraham Lincoln never felt so weak. He was staying at a lodge in Gettysburg and was getting ready to deliver his speech to the crowd to dedicate to the new Gettysburg memorial. He woke up with a severe headache and felt he had a fever coming on, felt nervous about delivering his speech, and felt that it wouldn’t properly honor the soldiers who died fighting in Gettysburg. After all, how can a mere man write a speech that can properly honor the 50,000 men who died fighting and tell his own view of the war? Despite this, however he steeled himself up, put on his top hat, left the lodge and rode a horse to the …show more content…
After Edward Everett gave his two-hour, speech that most people have forgotten Abe Lincoln delivered his speech. After delivering his speech, he was met with stunned silence for several moments before finally once he walked toward his chair did the applause come. He initially thought the silence was a sign of disapproval from the crowd and considered his speech to be a “failure” on his part. However, many others thought differently Edward Everett himself wrote to Lincoln that “I should be glad” “if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
Lincoln had translated the story of America and the meaning of the war in 10 sentences and in two minutes. The child that once told tales from his father into tales that were comprehensible to any child had created what is considered to be one of the finest works of literature in American history and possibly the …show more content…
It is in human nature for us to look towards others to inspire us or help us overcome our fears. Historical figures are generally what others first look towards for inspiration after all their stories are real and are based on real events. However, humans have portrayed them as these larger than live figures and paint them as some “perfect” beings that can do anything and are incapable of doing wrong or showing fear. We forget that they were just human beings like you and me that made mistakes and had their own fears. Abraham Lincoln before becoming president had a lived a life of “failings” he failed as storeowner, failed as a lawyer, and had an unremarkable and unpopular political career. Moreover, one of his fears in his life was dying forgotten, he thought the founding fathers had taken all the glory and would be remembered forever, while his generation would be unremarkable and forgotten in a few decades. He also feared for the safety and welfare of the union and would do anything for it and I quote. “If I could preserve the union without freeing the slaves I would do it, If I could preserve the union by freeing all the slaves I would do that as well, If I could preserve the union by freeing some of the slaves but leaving some alone I would do
Why do others feel afraid while others fear nothing?
There was a moment in the in early morning of November 19, 1863 that Abraham Lincoln never felt so weak. He was staying at a lodge in Gettysburg and was getting ready to deliver his speech to the crowd to dedicate to the new Gettysburg memorial. He woke up with a severe headache and felt he had a fever coming on, felt nervous about delivering his speech, and felt that it wouldn’t properly honor the soldiers who died fighting in Gettysburg. After all, how can a mere man write a speech that can properly honor the 50,000 men who died fighting and tell his own view of the war? Despite this, however he steeled himself up, put on his top hat, left the lodge and rode a horse to the …show more content…
After Edward Everett gave his two-hour, speech that most people have forgotten Abe Lincoln delivered his speech. After delivering his speech, he was met with stunned silence for several moments before finally once he walked toward his chair did the applause come. He initially thought the silence was a sign of disapproval from the crowd and considered his speech to be a “failure” on his part. However, many others thought differently Edward Everett himself wrote to Lincoln that “I should be glad” “if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you did in two minutes.
Lincoln had translated the story of America and the meaning of the war in 10 sentences and in two minutes. The child that once told tales from his father into tales that were comprehensible to any child had created what is considered to be one of the finest works of literature in American history and possibly the …show more content…
It is in human nature for us to look towards others to inspire us or help us overcome our fears. Historical figures are generally what others first look towards for inspiration after all their stories are real and are based on real events. However, humans have portrayed them as these larger than live figures and paint them as some “perfect” beings that can do anything and are incapable of doing wrong or showing fear. We forget that they were just human beings like you and me that made mistakes and had their own fears. Abraham Lincoln before becoming president had a lived a life of “failings” he failed as storeowner, failed as a lawyer, and had an unremarkable and unpopular political career. Moreover, one of his fears in his life was dying forgotten, he thought the founding fathers had taken all the glory and would be remembered forever, while his generation would be unremarkable and forgotten in a few decades. He also feared for the safety and welfare of the union and would do anything for it and I quote. “If I could preserve the union without freeing the slaves I would do it, If I could preserve the union by freeing all the slaves I would do that as well, If I could preserve the union by freeing some of the slaves but leaving some alone I would do