Stonewall Jackson
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James I. Robertson (2002) maintains, at the outset of Stonewall JacksonÆs Book of Maxims, that ôFew men have ever started from humbler beginnings and risen to greater heightsö than Thomas Jonathon ôStonewallö Jackson (p. 9). Jackson was an orphan who grew up impoverished in the mountains of West Virginia. With very little formal education, less than fourth-grade, Jackson entered West Point and rose from the lowest of the plebes to become General in the Confederate Army. Because Jackson was a private man, socially awkward and known for keeping to himself, Robertson presents this book of ômaximsö or proverbs and quotes that Jackson culled together as a book that would help him develop into a polished, educated gentleman. Robertson (2002) presents this collection of maxims gathered by Jackson to show that JacksonÆs maxim ôYou may be whatever you resolve to beö (p. 23) came true in part because of his reliance on such self-taught advice from others. Many successful individuals have affirmed the fac
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