essay修改：亚伯拉罕·林肯的背景介绍
林肯于1809年2月1日出生在肯塔基州的哈丁县，他有一个哥哥和一个姐姐。他的父亲是个农民。由于法律对他们不利，他们的家庭搬到了印第安纳州的佩里县，在那里他们努力工作。亚伯拉罕是自学成才的，因为附近没有学校，但他是一个狂热的读者，十几岁时读过很多书。亚伯拉罕十几岁时就承担起养家糊口的责任。除了强壮和运动，他还擅长使用斧头。亚伯拉罕一家离开印第安纳州前往伊利诺斯州后，亚伯拉罕也离开了他的家庭。1842年，他与玛丽·托德结婚。他是四个孩子的父亲。在成为总统之前，亚伯拉罕曾经营一家杂货店。由于生意不景气，kick开始了他的政治生涯，他还在新塞勒姆担任邮政局长和测量员。他也通过自学成为了一名律师。
1834年，亚伯拉罕·林肯(Abraham Lincoln)在这一行苦苦挣扎之后，成功地竞选伊利诺伊州议会辉格党(Whig)代表，并在伊利诺斯州众议院(Illinois House of Representatives)连任四届。1846年，他还当选为美国众议院议员。1854年，他成为建立新共和党的领袖。在他政治生涯的开始，林肯支持银行的经济现代化和为铁路和公路等项目提供资金的保护性关税。他坚持支持国内经济和相关方面的意识形态，而不是过多地关注自由化(Lincoln 2014)。他的思想集中在民族主义、平等权利、自由和民主的原则上。他强烈谴责当时社会上盛行的奴隶制。他的基本思想是维护联邦的主权。
essay修改：亚伯拉罕·林肯的背景介绍
Born on 1st February 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky, Lincoln had one brother and one sister. His father was a farmer. As they were suffering due to laws that were unfavorable the family moved to Perry County, Indiana where the family worked hard. Abraham was self educated as there was no school nearby, but he was an avid reader and had read many books in his teenage.In his teens, Abraham took the responsibility of earning for the household. Apart from being strong and athletic, he was adept in using axe. After his family left Indiana for Illinois, Abraham left his family. He married Mary Todd in 1842. He was father of four children. Before becoming president, Abraham used to run a general store. Since the business was struggling and kick started his career in Politics, he also served as postmaster and Surveyor at New Salem. He also became lawyer through self study.
After struggling in the business in 1834, Abraham Lincoln successfully contested for the Illinois General Assembly as Whig representative and served four successive terms at the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1846, he also elected to US House of Representatives. In 1854, he became the leader in building the new Republican Party. At the start of his political career, Lincoln favored economic modernization in Banking and protective tariff for funding projects like rail and roads. He continued on his ideology of supporting the internal economy and related aspects rather than focusing much on liberalization (Lincoln 2014). His ideas were focused on principles of nationalism, equal rights, liberty and democracy. He strongly condemned slavery that was prevalent in the society at that time. His basic idea was to preserve the sovereignty of Union.