Beautiful Goodness
Episode 32 of the The American Story podcast, hosted by Christopher Flannery, titled "Beautiful Goodness" was published on February 18, 2020 and runs 8 minutes.
February 18, 2020 ·8m · The American Story
Episode Description
As a Captain of Volunteers in the Black Hawk War, the 23-year old Abraham Lincoln managed in a desperate moment to keep some hard-bitten men—who had elected him—from committing murder. They had chosen him as captain because he was the best man among them, the one most worthy of their esteem. Lincoln earned it in no small part by outrunning, outboxing, and outwrestling them, but they knew, when they listened to the better angels of their natures, that there were much more important reasons to esteem him.
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