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NNadir

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34. He lacked the moral courage to address a fear of failure. The difference between him and Grant was that Grant...

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 06:20 AM

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...knew failure and therefore wasn't afraid to risk it, having survived it.

My favorite quote relevant to this point about Grant, although not specific to him, was made by Eleanor Roosevelt:

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Like other figures in history, McClellan, was so obsessed with his ego that he refused to challenge it.

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