Lincoln and Douglas (Jan Jacobi - YA) school it was because he was

it was because he was willing to engage in politics—meeting with critics

and dreams of war glided through the minds of Americans in both the North and South

inadequately trained

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Lincoln and Douglas (Jan Jacobi - YA) school it was because he wasby Jan Jacobi Abraham Lincoln saw himself as the tortoise in a hopeless race against Stephen Douglas, the charismatic hare. Lincoln was perpetually in Douglass shadow. Theyd been friends and colleagues since they first met in the Illinois legislature in 1835. Douglas became the boy wonder of American politics while Lincoln failed in his one term in the House of Representatives. In 1849, believing his political career to be over, Lincoln returned to