and he basically grew up feral and was self-taught. He grew up in the woods; with his father often away and his mother ill to the point of early death.
Lincoln was an atheist and was famous for making mean jokes about Christians. He hated blacks and worked on sending them to Africa or South America before he was elected and after he was elected president.
Tolstoy "rasped very lyrical" over Lincoln, a laudatory praise indeed! One feels he had imbibed of a little too much of the Russian "potato juice" during the writing of this!
Indeed. Tolstoy giving us an egg-on-face example of why one should not judge a person by the mythology surrounding him/her - no matter how far afield it's been spread. As Mark Twain cautioned, "A lie can travel half way around the world before the truth has even gotten a chance to put its boots on."
Tolstoy makes an error, imo, in placing Jesus Christ alongside other mortals. Mortals can be inspired to love and good deeds because Jesus Christ first loves them. Lincoln knew the love of God as his greatest treasure, his pearl of great price, and this gave him the freedom to risk all in the pursuit of goodness. Goodness was achieved for a time through his efforts. Goodness is achieved eternally through Jesus Christ.
"Being a Musselman, he was naturally opposed to all ideas of progress and education." You cannot say that today without being shouted down by progressives and multicultralists.
Well....some ideas have gone too far in their progressiveness. But... nevertheless...even Christianity still has some rather unyielding branches like Hormones and Amish who do not exactly follow trends nor embrace ideas. Anyway....being too careful with words and instructed to be over tolerant even to intolerant people ..has created too much trouble for everyone.
Grateful we have RUclips.
Lincoln had a psychological maturity with which he rose above ambition, pettiness, and tragedy.
and he basically grew up feral and was self-taught. He grew up in the woods; with his father often away and his mother ill to the point of early death.
Hi, interesting 🙏
THE GRACE OF HUMILITY ALLOWED
LINCOLN TO LOVE GOD WHICH
ENABLED HIM TO LOVE ALL MEN.
HIS CROSS IS OURS. A. M. D. G. ❤
Lincoln was an atheist and was famous for making mean jokes about Christians. He hated blacks and worked on sending them to Africa or South America before he was elected and after he was elected president.
wonderful, but who wrote it? Note that all this was in lieu of an article Tolstoy did not have the energy to write - LOL. Now that's a writer!
My new obsession Neville Goddard and Life in the world unseen by Borga.
Even after listening to this brief presentation, I still have great respect for Leo Tolstoy; Don't we all have the right to be wrong now and then?
That’s the sort of narrowness of mind which Tolstoy combated.
Tolstoy "rasped very lyrical" over Lincoln, a laudatory praise indeed! One feels he had imbibed of a little too much of the Russian "potato juice" during the writing of this!
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Indeed. Tolstoy giving us an egg-on-face example of why one should not judge a person by the mythology surrounding him/her - no matter how far afield it's been spread. As Mark Twain cautioned, "A lie can travel half way around the world before the truth has even gotten a chance to put its boots on."
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Tolstoy makes an error, imo, in placing Jesus Christ alongside other mortals. Mortals can be inspired to love and good deeds because Jesus Christ first loves them. Lincoln knew the love of God as his greatest treasure, his pearl of great price, and this gave him the freedom to risk all in the pursuit of goodness. Goodness was achieved for a time through his efforts. Goodness is achieved eternally through Jesus Christ.
Amen 🙏
Lol what are all these weird Lincoln haters doing in the comments
@@vlogbrotherdave That's my reply, what!? You don't think Lincoln was a good guy well I don't know what to say then.
"Being a Musselman, he was naturally opposed to all ideas of progress and education." You cannot say that today without being shouted down by progressives and multicultralists.
Well....some ideas have gone too far in their progressiveness.
But... nevertheless...even Christianity still has some rather unyielding branches like Hormones and Amish who do not exactly follow trends nor embrace ideas.
Anyway....being too careful with words and instructed to be over tolerant even to intolerant people ..has created too much trouble for everyone.
``Far away from civilized life, in the Caucasians?'' And, I can't find any tribe by that name, skimming indigenous tribes of the Caucasus mountains.
Tolstoy has shown great ignorance. I had hoped better of him.
What?
And he hoped better of you.