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Becoming A Man
Alvin grew up in perhaps the most exciting time to "become a man", in the middle of something great happening. His father lost the family business in the War of 1812. But the family compensated. They had always been quite devout, but they began attending tent revivals. Alvin was by his very nature drawn to these revivals. And it is in these revivals in the Burnt-Over District that he found his calling. A calling that appeared to him almost magically, as if it was a sign. He needed to become a Reverend. He dreamed of a world where no one would ever lose his family business again. In 1815, he began working on a farm. But the farm life did not suit him. He did however meet a young man who had lost his mother, and told him of his dream of a world transformed by peace. That young man would tell his father about the young boy and his dream. That young man was Abraham Lincoln.