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Identifier: lincolnslifestor01selb (find matches)
Title: Lincoln's life, stories, and speeches
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Selby, Paul, 1825-1913
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: Chicago : J.R. Stanton Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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on you. Just comeover and pull fodder for me two days, and we will callour accounts even. The offer was readily accepted, and the engagementliterally fulfilled. As a boy, no less than since, Abra-ham had an honorable conscientiousness, integrity,honesty, and an ardent love of knowledge. YOUNG LINCOLN NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH. A little incident occurred while young Lincoln livedin Indiana, which illustrates the early hardships andsurroundings to which he was subjected. On one occa-sion he was obliged to take his grist upon the back ofhis fathers horse, and go fifty miles to get it ground.The mill itself was very rude, and driven by horse-power, the customers were obliged to wait theirturn, without reference to their distance from home,and then used their own horse to propel the machineryOn this occasion, Abraham, having arrived at his turrfastened his mare to the lever, and was following heclosely upon her rounds, when, urging her with theswitch, and clucking to her in the usual way, he
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LINCOLN AS A RAIL SPLITTER. STORIES OF LINCOLNS EARLY LIFE. $1 received a kick from her which prostrated him, andmade him insensible. With the first instant of return-ing consciousness, he finished the cluck, which he hadcommenced when he received the kick (a fact for thepsychologist), and with the next he probably thoughtabout getting home, where he arrived at last, battered,but ready for further service. NO VICES—FEW VIRTUES. Riding at one time in the stage, with an old Ken-tuckian who was returning from Missouri, Lincolnexcited the old gentlemans surprise by refusing toaccept either of tobacco or French brandy. When they separated that afternoon, the Kentuckianto take another stage bound for Louisville, he shookhands warmly with Lincoln, and said good-humoredly,See here, stranger, youre a clever but strange com-panion. I may never see you again, and I dont wantto offend you, but I want to say this: My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has d d few virtues. Good-

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