And by what we know now, he must have been pretty miserable as an enlisted man, too, for his fall through the ranks didn't end until he was on the very bottom. Well, at war's end, this skinny, awkward, funny-looking young man looked for other things to do. Eventually, he found his niche, and even achieved a measure of success. His name was Abraham Lincoln. The moral of this story is that just because you're a failure at one thing, that doesn't mean you're going to be a failure at everything .
Different people have different gifts.
Evidently, Indian-fighting wasn't one of Lincoln's. I can sympathize with Abe. I've failed at plenty of things in my time. And in a way, the military was one of them. Yes, I rose through the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel.