Honest Abe grew up in a cabin on the 19th century American
frontier. He was mostly self-taught and of humble means. Our
3rd-ranking United States President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was
born in a Hyde Park mansion to one of the oldest and wealthiest
families in New York. He attended the finest schools of his day,
including the Groton School and Harvard, where he was Editor in
Chief of the Harvard Crimson Newspaper, and Columbia Law School.
Lincoln split rails competitively and built strength and stamina
walking miles because his feet were the only means of
transportation available to him. Roosevelt played polo, golf,
lawn tennis, and sailed his own sailboat, the “New Moon” off of
Campobello Island. Later, FDR served as Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. Lincoln briefly crewed a flatboat on the Mississippi.
Roosevelt collected stamps. Lincoln borrowed books. Pretty
different, right? Yet the two shared a few traits, too. Both men
were influenced by strong women named Sara(h). Lincoln had an
affinity for two Sarah’s