"Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the nation as a constitutional union and succeeded in defeating the insurgent Confederacy, abolishing slavery, bolstering the federal government, and modernizing the U.S. economy." Wikipedia.

This is not about his life but my favorite quote of Abraham Lincoln. It says, I may be a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

Portrait by Alexander Gardner, 1863.