. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . adversary by the hand, crying : Boys !Abe Lincoln is the best fellow that ever broke into thissettlement ! He shall be one of us ! That settled of the fight that he had tried to avoid, Lincolnemerged as champion. Thenceforth, no truer friend, nomore devoted ally than Jack Armstrong to AbrahamLincoln ever lived. In later days, when Lincoln wasout of money, out of work, all that Jack had was when, at very rare intervals, some reckless fellowdisregarded Lincolns claim to championship, he quicklylearned from the patient, long-
. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . adversary by the hand, crying : Boys !Abe Lincoln is the best fellow that ever broke into thissettlement ! He shall be one of us ! That settled of the fight that he had tried to avoid, Lincolnemerged as champion. Thenceforth, no truer friend, nomore devoted ally than Jack Armstrong to AbrahamLincoln ever lived. In later days, when Lincoln wasout of money, out of work, all that Jack had was when, at very rare intervals, some reckless fellowdisregarded Lincolns claim to championship, he quicklylearned from the patient, long-suffering young giant, whenhe had been pressed too far, that this man was the toughestathlete in that settlement. The reader should not be misled with a notion thatLincoln loved fighting and strife; far from it, he was al-ways a man of peace. It was only when he was pushedand provoked beyond endurance that he burst upon histormentor and punished him so thoroughly and speedilythat, as the saying is, he did not know what hurt him, B|£^S-~7 ^w;< Ill w. : ?? i M&&.
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