Travis Holt sent me an image of a plaque that a faculty colleague of mine once had on his office door.  When I first saw it, I told the colleague that it could be interpreted very differently than the way he was interpreting it.  The plaque says that if you “are easily discouraged,” don’t be, for there is a man who: Failed in business in 1831; was defeated for the legislature in ’32; again failed in business in ’34; his sweetheart died in 35; had a nervous breakdown in ’36; was defeated in an election in ’38; was defeated in … Continue reading Abraham Loser?