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<p>We’ve talked before about Jimmy Carter’s father. James Sr. was a flawed man, to be sure. He was strict and stern, often unaware of the way he loomed over his quiet, bookish son. The elder Carter was a figure of <a href='https://dailydad.com/which-type-will-you-be/'>old time values</a>–hard work, <a href='https://dailystoic.com/'>stoicism</a>, decency–as well as old time vices–<a href='https://dailydad.com/make-them-promise/'>a smoker</a>, a racist. He was also capable of moments of great kindness and he put his son on a <a href='https://dailydad.com/show-them-age-is-no-barrier/'>straight and narrow path that the boy is still walking nearly 100 years later</a>.<br/><br/>✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: <a href='https://dailydad.com/'>DailyDad.com</a></p><p>📱 Follow Daily Dad: <a href='https://twitter.com/dailydademail'>Twitter</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/dailydad/'>Instagram</a>, <a href='https://facebook.com/dailydademail'>Facebook</a>, <a href='https://www.youtube.com/c/DailyDadYT'>YouTube</a></p>