The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . o, before another century ofyears should pass, were to suffer, not death, it is true, but per-petual exile from the land of their fathers and of their birthfor convictions cast in the Kett mould. For many years the chains clanked their harsh admonition,Honour the King! against the lofty stones of NorwichCastle and Wymondham belfry. And the people, whilst hon-ouring their sovereign perforce, honoured the Ketts for thelove they bore them. The chains rusted and fell away, butthe story of those courageous men who suffered death forthe peoples sake became a househo
The ancestry of Abraham Lincoln . o, before another century ofyears should pass, were to suffer, not death, it is true, but per-petual exile from the land of their fathers and of their birthfor convictions cast in the Kett mould. For many years the chains clanked their harsh admonition,Honour the King! against the lofty stones of NorwichCastle and Wymondham belfry. And the people, whilst hon-ouring their sovereign perforce, honoured the Ketts for thelove they bore them. The chains rusted and fell away, butthe story of those courageous men who suffered death forthe peoples sake became a household tale, retold for many ayear at every Norfolk fireside. Young Samuel Lincoln, like 6o THE ANCESTRY OF LINCOLN his father and grandfather before him, heard it time andagain in the fifteen years he breathed his native air â heardit until in his heart there took root, we may believe, the seedof that hatred of oppression which, centuries later, was tobear such noble fruit in his lineal descendant, Abraham Lin-coln, the Drawing of Seal used by RichardLincoln in attesting his Will J3 J5 ~ -c E â ^ -f fe â⢠g ^ ^i « S i i2 i^-g ^ 1^ § it o s I E -o K o E ° .â § =- ^: S g -a w> â¢g - J S 1 ^ §â ° W ^ J3 H - S E-o ^⢠â¢^ > M) O KCuH E s o t2 ^ ^ 1 1^ c o â¢a c â ^ C 00 r^ id 6 ai^E o u- pa 1â.0 0= E-S :r lis g^ E ^ ^ -^ ID E E g^ j^ â¢^ O M 3« Oi-J (J J3 ^ pa I 6 ;5 c^ E (i; - o ^ a â s <u S -S £ < < s w o E â; -C 3 , <3 J5 o 6 â 5 ^ ^ _ E ^ Bi-s^t: â a, ^ C <-^ BZ, rt ^ y ^ <3 o 6 ir -3 S-^C .S ^ -^ _r o X i«i e - li â g g ^ § J= .S c o* ^ t/: g â Iâ, o ^ ;i n ⢠S c ^ c Q M 2 .5 -^1 H I rt o O ⢠s E^;! 5 I; <= o o I, t_ go J=, u-^ o -] C c c Q VO Tl-! 5 c n -6 II ^x . V. OS >~.^ §1 II E s^ 6 c ^ I E w ^ r L C/^ -C < HH £|e^^^ S - d. rt S E 0 - s .1^=- ^rI^ E c 2 ^ ^ <ii pj iLt ^^ iJ^ â
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