In the boyhood of Lincoln; a tale of the Tunker schoolmaster and the times of Black Hawk . gious in it, nothing immoral, nothing uncom-fortable—then why not? Is it not because there would besomething egregiously unfashionable in it ? Then, it is theinfluence of fashion. And what is the influence of fashion butthe influence that other peoples actions have on our ownactions—the strong inclination each of us feels to do as wesee all our neighbors do? Nor is the influence of fashionconfined to any particular thing or class of things. It is justas strong on one subject as another. Let us make it as
In the boyhood of Lincoln; a tale of the Tunker schoolmaster and the times of Black Hawk . gious in it, nothing immoral, nothing uncom-fortable—then why not? Is it not because there would besomething egregiously unfashionable in it ? Then, it is theinfluence of fashion. And what is the influence of fashion butthe influence that other peoples actions have on our ownactions—the strong inclination each of us feels to do as wesee all our neighbors do? Nor is the influence of fashionconfined to any particular thing or class of things. It is justas strong on one subject as another. Let us make it as un-fashionable to withhold our names from the temperance pledgeas for husbands to wear their wives bonnets to church, andinstances will be just as rare in the one case as in the other. The people saw the moral point clearly. They felt the forceof what the young orator had said. No one was willing to fol-low him. Have you anything to say, Mr. Crawford? said the mod-erator. Josiah merely shook his head. He dont care to put on his wifes bonnet agin publicopinion, said the CHAPTER SCHOOL THAT MADE LINCOLN PRESIDENT. HILE teaching and preaching in Decatur, Jas-per heard of the new village of Salem, Illinois,on the Sangamon. He thought that the littletown might offer him a chance to exert a newinfluence, and he resolved to visit it, and topreach and to teach there for a time shouldthe people receive him kindly. The village was a small one, consisting of a communitystore, a school-house, a tavern, and a few houses; and Jasperknew of only one friend there at the time, a certain Mr. Dun-can, who lived some two miles from the main street and thestore. One afternoon, after a long journey over prairie land, Jas-per came to Mrs. Duncans door, and was met cordially by thegood woman, and invited by her to make his home there fora time. The family gathered around the story-telling missionaryafter supper, and listened to his tales of the Rhine, all ofwhich had some sou
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