Now, of course, the very most successful men we have ever had, men like Lincoln, had no chance to go to college, but did have such indomitable tenacity and such keen appreciation of the value of wisdom that they set to work and learned for themselves far more than they could have been taught in any academy.
He highlights the self-taught wisdom and tenacity of successful individuals like Lincoln, who achieved greatness without formal higher education.
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