This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...The kind man heard the call, and went five scores of miles to say those words. Books were what the lad thought he must get. They were scarce in that land. One must go miles to find one. There came a chance one day. A man, far off, had Weems' Life of Wash-ing-ton. The boy got the loan of it, and, full of joy, took it ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...The kind man heard the call, and went five scores of miles to say those words. Books were what the lad thought he must get. They were scarce in that land. One must go miles to find one. There came a chance one day. A man, far off, had Weems' Life of Wash-ing-ton. The boy got the loan of it, and, full of joy, took it home in his shirt. The words found in that book made a stamp on young Lin-coln. It made him think and feel that he, too, might be of use in this world some day if he were brave and sought to do right at all times. As Lin-coln grew up he found work on a flat-boat to trade skins down South. He was glad to go and see the world. This was in 1828. It was then that he first saw a man flog a slave in chains. It was a sight to make him ill, and one which staid by him. The raft work was so well done that a chance soon came for the young man to take charge of a mill and store in the town of New Sa-lem. Here a name for truth was won. All could trust the bright youth. The smart tales he told made folks laugh. Good books were found at that time and they were read with joy. When the Black Hawk war broke out, Lin-coln was quick to meet the call for men, and found all he could and went with them. The charge of these was put in his hands so he took them to the seat of war. Rob-ert An-der-son, who in years to come was to hold sway at Fort Sum-ter when the first gun of the civ-il war was heard, met young Lin-coln and his small force. He led them to Col. Zach-a-ry Tay-lor, who went by the pet name of old " Rough and Read-y," and whose war boys and friends thought so much of him that they made him Pres-i-dent in 1848. The Black Hawk war was short and the boys made a start for home. When Lin-coln was back at his work, the man for whom he kept the store foun...
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