Russell Conwell, Abraham Lincoln, and the Courage to Never Shrink From Strife.
(ThyBlackMan.com) Russell Conwell, a Civil War captain, revered Abraham Lincoln. But unlike most, he met the man face to face. Twice. In his book, “Acres Of Diamonds,” Conwell recalled visiting Lincoln at the White House to plead for the life of a young soldier who had been sentenced to death. “I never was so afraid when the shells came around us at Antietam as I was when I went into that room that day,” Conwell wrote. Lincoln had already heard […]