The greatest man of them all
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in the year 1920 a young journalist from New York went to visit Leo Tolstoy in Ah, in Moscow, and during the interview, Tall Story recalled a trip that he had once made to the caucuses region of the Russian Empire. During that trip, he had come across a tribe of barbarians. Now these were people who hardly knew anything about the world outside their immediate vicinity. I mean, forget about the world. They hardly knew anything about Russia itself, the country in which they lived. Yet they realize that Tolstoy was a man of great knowledge, and they invited him back to their camp. And they asked Tolstoy if he could tell them the stories of great men from history so that they could learn something. Tolstoy obliged and went with them, and he began with the story of Alexander the Great how this young Macedonian king would conquer the known world. He told them the story of Frederick the Great and how he would unite the people of Prussia. He would tell the story of Napoleon how this young Corsican soldier would rise to become emperor of Europe, and he would go on to tell the stories of other great men in history. After some time, Tolstoy felt that he had. I told all the stories he could and was preparing to leave. Now, keep in mind these tribes of barbarians. They had never heard of Alexander the Great. They did not know the pressure people were. They had never heard of Julius Caesar. They hardly knew anything about the czars of Russia. But as told stories about to leave, one of the men gets up and say's But Mr Tolstoy, you haven't told us the story of the greatest man of them all. Tolstoy was confused. He thinks to himself. I've been telling them the stories of all these great men that they've never heard off. And they still think I haven't told him. All of it. He looks back and says, Well, what do you mean? I haven't told you the story of the greatest matter of them all, The man repeats himself. You haven't told us the story of the greatest matter of them all, for he was the greatest statesmen and he was the greatest general. Such was his greatness that even the angels for told his mother that one day she would conceive a child that would become the brightest are the world had ever known The very mention of his name, strikes of the conscience of all men. His laughter felt like the warmth of the sun. And such was his greatness that he would forgive even his most bitter enemies. He came from that far away place called America. Mrs. Tolstoy, You haven't told us the story of the greatest matter of them all. You haven't told us the story of Abraham Lincoln.