When Was Abraham Lincoln A Determined Person?

There are many facts in history books about Abraham Lincoln that focus on his war strategies and struggle to prevent the Confederate states from seceding. There is more to the sixteenth president than the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. Only a few pieces of text speak about who he was as a person. Abraham Lincoln had great qualities such as being determined, down to earth, and honorable. One of Abraham Lincoln’s great qualities was how determined he was. The first example of this was a quote from A Lincoln Preface that reads, “I will violate the Constitution, if necessary, to save the Union” (Sandburg 502). He is so determined to save the Union he will break the most important set of documents in the country to do so. Nothing stops
Publicly showing his drive to protect the Constitution shows his determination. Abraham Lincoln also acknowledged his own determination in Lincoln's autobiographical notes. He wrote, “These are, or are supposed to be, the rails about which so much is being said just now, though they are far from being the first, or only rails ever made by A” (Taylor 92). It takes determination to build rails, and Lincoln alludes to building more of them. He got the job done and did it many more times. Numerous sources show that Lincoln was a determined person. Another great quality of Lincoln was that he was very down to earth. He admits to his own faults in his autobiography, Lincoln’s autobiographical notes, by saying that, “he studied English grammar, imperfectly of course” (Taylor 92). Studying imperfectly just means he made mistakes in his work like normal people. Admitting faults is a good sign of being down to earth, showing realness. An outside source that shows this trait is from a book titled History Decoded. In a chapter titled “John Wilkes Booth: Was Lincoln’s Assassin Apprehended,” the text states, “President and Mrs. Lincoln will be attending a performance