. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . they were of the same blood. Brought up in ahard school, Lincoln was early taught many practicallessons in frugality and economy; but his natural kindli-ness and open-handedness were never spoiled by penuryand need. He never, so say his contemporaries, was ableto make any money outside of his profession. The onlypossession he ever had that was not gained by sheer hardwork was a tract of wild land in Iowa, given to him bythe United States Government (as it was to each volun-teer), for his services in the Black Hawk war. When hewent to Was
. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery . they were of the same blood. Brought up in ahard school, Lincoln was early taught many practicallessons in frugality and economy; but his natural kindli-ness and open-handedness were never spoiled by penuryand need. He never, so say his contemporaries, was ableto make any money outside of his profession. The onlypossession he ever had that was not gained by sheer hardwork was a tract of wild land in Iowa, given to him bythe United States Government (as it was to each volun-teer), for his services in the Black Hawk war. When hewent to Washington to take the presidency, the sum totalof all his wealth in goods, chattels, lands, and cash wasvalued at a sum not so great as a single fee sometimes paidin these later days to a lawyer of the standing and abilityhe had at that time. Lincoln was thrifty only in thesense of working hard for what he got and never spendingfor that which was not absolutely needful for the comfortand happiness of those dependent upon him. Parsimo-nious he never CHAPTER IX. LINCOLN THE LAWYER. An Honest Advocate and Counsellor—The Stiow Boys and Old Man Case—Famous Law-Suits about Negroes—Jack Armstrongs Son on Trialfor Murder—Lincolns Vindication of His Old Friend—How theAttorney Looked and Spoke. MENTION has already been made of Lincolns im-movable honesty. This was not only conspicu-ous in his dealings with men, but in his course as apolitician and a lawyer. No man more than he evermade so many concessions to his opponents in a dis-cussion, and yet succeeded in convincing those who wereto be carried by his argument, whether it was a jury in alaw-case, or an audience of the people in a political can-vass. Sometimes, those who were with him but did not,perhaps, understand his methods, were dismayed as theyheard him give away point after point in the case that hepresented. Their surprise, therefore, was very great whenhe began to sum up and, by the force of his reasoning,won hi
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