Aware of his own shortcomings in formal education, Abraham Lincoln mastered six books of Euclid’s Elements on his own in his early forties. Lincoln believed Euclid challenged him intellectually and made him into a better lawyer

Aware of his own shortcomings in formal education, Abraham Lincoln mastered six books of Euclid’s Elements on his own in his early forties. Lincoln believed Euclid challenged him intellectually and made him into a better lawyer

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