Tremendous amounts of mathematical calculation must have been required, and it was astonishing to know that people had to work so hard on the measurements to construct the magnificent building, the size of an enormous beast, glowing golden in the sunlight.
Lincoln had a very difficult time maintaining this, rendering himself to himself worthy of respect while his fellow countrymen were slaughtering each other. While attempting to end the Civil War, he also had to attend to problems in his family, and to passing the 13th Amendment. He needed to be able to trust himself before others could trust him to be able to reunite his divided country. Lincoln strove to represent the United States as a whole during his time as president.
Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, had only the humble goal of proving himself worthy and respected to his contemporaries, “by rendering [himself] worthy of their esteem”. Lincoln as a man was motivated by his sense of morality to achieve great things politically so as to ensure the dignity of his fellow man and the unity of his nation. Through his achievements, he will be forever known in this country as a hero.
Ray Bradbury’s grandfather once taught him an important lesson on how one should live. There was no point in living unless the person left leaving something behind that he or she has changed or shaped forever. Then after you die and people look at that object, they will see you standing there as if you were still there. The difference between an architect and a construction worker is that the architect creates the design of a building while the construction worker actually builds it.
Reading the book over again can allow you to understand it in a more in-depth perspective than you did before. You will be able to perceive new details you didn’t previously notice. Best of all, you get to relive the whole book again. A paper published in the Journal of Consumer Research found rereading offers mental health benefits because it allows more emotional connection and self-reflection instead of the first reading, which is more based and focused on the events and plot of the book.
