Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast where we provide one lesson every day to help you with your

most important job being a dad. These are lessons inspired by ancient philosophy, by practical

wisdom, and insights from dads all over the world.

Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

This is what we are fighting for.

Because of the fiery trial of the Civil War and what it came to represent, Abraham Lincoln is, to most of us, a figure of moral guidance. This naturally overshadows his almost equally unbelievable accomplishments. How did a poor boy on the frontier without formal schooling, managed to teach himself to read, to teach

himself the law, and to become in time the president of the United States. That doesn't just happen.

No, it was the result of his sheer will and determination. It was also a sign the bright spot in what was

then a society predicated on injustice that a meritocracy could work

and the results of that meritocracy could shape history forever. I happen temporarily to occupy

this big White House, Lincoln once said. I am a living witness that any one of your children

may look to come here as my father's child had. It is in order that each of you

may have through this free government, which we have enjoyed an open field and a fair chance for your

industry, enterprise, and intelligence, that you all have equal privileges in the race of life

with its desirable human aspirations. It is for this the struggle

should be maintained. We have talked about before why we as fathers have an obligation to fight

against dream hoarding. We have talked about how we can't just think about our kids,

but instead we need to care about all kids. Just as America was engaged in a great civil war,

so too is the world engaged in an equally great war, a war for opportunity, for fair chances for

freedom. We are struggling to lift the less fortunate out of poverty to help make sure that

other people's kids who are just as sweet and loved as our own children

have a shot. They deserve a shot at the White House, a shot to be happy, a shot to realize

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