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Identifier: firstbookinameri00eggl (find matches)
Title: A first book in American history, with special reference to the lives and deeds of great Americans
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902
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Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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yor. He studied surveyingalone, as he did other things. His strict honesty and hischarming good-nature, as well as his bright speeches,amusing stories, and witty sayings, made him a favoriteamong the people. In 1834 he was elected to the Illi-nois Legislature. In a suit of homespun he walked a hun-dred miles to attend the Lesfislature. When the session 178 LINCOLN IN PUBLIC LIFE. was over he came home and went to surveying again.Whenever he had a httle money he appHed himself tostudying law. When his money gave out he took up his compass andwent back tosurveying. In 1837he went toSpringfield,and beganlife as alawyer. Thelawyers ofthat day rodefrom countyto countyto attendthe courts.Lincolnrode thecircuit, as itwas called,with the others, and hewas soon a successful lawyer.He would not take a case which would put him on theunjust side of a quarrel. Nor would he take pay frompeople whom he knew to be poor, so he did not becomea rich man. Lincoln was always remarkable for his kindness of
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LINCOLN SURVEYING. LINCOLN LNT PUBLIC LIFE. I79 heart. While riding along the road one day he saw apig fast in a mudhole. As he had on a new suit ofclothes he did not like to touch the muddy pig, and sohe rode on, leaving piggy to get out if he could. Buthe could not get the pig out of his thoughts, so, whenhe had gone two miles, he turned his horse back andhelped the floundering pig out of his distress. He saidhe did this to take a pain out of his own mind. Once a poor widow, who had been kind to him manyyears before, asked him to defend her son, who was ontrial for murder. It was proved in court by a witnessthat in a drunken row this widows son had struck theblow that killed the man. Everybody thought the youngman would be hanged. When questioned by Lincoln, thewitness said that he had seen the murder by moonlight.Then Lincoln took a little almanac out of his pocket, andshowed the court that at the time the man was killed themoon had not risen. The young man was declared notguilty,

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