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LETTER FROM ABRAHAM Lincoln TO HIS SON'S TEACHER

"My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to

him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an

adventure that might take him across continents. All adventures that

probably include wars, tragedy and sorrow. To live this life will

require faith, love and courage.

So dear Teacher, will you please take him by his hand and teach him

things he will have to know, teaching him - but gently, if you can.

Teach him that for every enemy, there is a friend. He will have to

know that all men are not just, that all men are not true. But teach

him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero, that for every

crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.

Teach him if you can that 10 cents earned is of far more value than a dollar

found. In school, teacher, it is far more honorable to fail than to cheat. Teach

him to learn how to gracefully lose, and enjoy winning when he does win.

Teach him to be gentle with people, tough with tough people. Steer

him away from envy if you can and teach him the secret of quiet

laughter. Teach him if you can - how to laugh when he is sad, teach

him there is no shame in tears. Teach him there can be glory in

failure and despair in success. Teach him to scoff at cynics.

Teach him if you can the wonders of books, but also give time to

ponder the extreme mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun and

flowers on a green hill. Teach him to have faith in his own ideas,

even if every one tell him they are wrong.

Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when

everyone else is doing it. Teach him to listen to every one, but teach

him also to filters all that he hears on a screen of truth and take only

the good that comes through.

Teach him to sell his talents and brains to the highest bidder but

never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Let him have the

courage to be impatient, let him have the patient to be brave. Teach

him to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will always

have sublime faith in mankind, in God.

This is the order, teacher but see what best you can do. He is such a

nice little boy and he is my son.

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Yes, Abraham Lincoln write a letter to his son's teacher.

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