The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . VF- <z~ -I rr -0- CL~-. and justunderneaththe tablewhich tellshow man ypints thereare in abushel, thef ac etiousyoung stu-dent hadscrawledthese fourlines of school-boy doggerel: A b r a h am L i n-coln,His hand andpen,He will be good,But God knowswhen. On anotherpage were found, in hisown hand, afew lineswhich it is(_yl^o^Jic^^. jG^~c^C^ also said he compos indi-cates thatthey wereborrowed,and I havealways, there-fore, believed that they were original with him. A
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . VF- <z~ -I rr -0- CL~-. and justunderneaththe tablewhich tellshow man ypints thereare in abushel, thef ac etiousyoung stu-dent hadscrawledthese fourlines of school-boy doggerel: A b r a h am L i n-coln,His hand andpen,He will be good,But God knowswhen. On anotherpage were found, in hisown hand, afew lineswhich it is(_yl^o^Jic^^. jG^~c^C^ also said he compos indi-cates thatthey wereborrowed,and I havealways, there-fore, believed that they were original with him. Although a littleirregular in metre, the sentiment would, I think, do credit toan older head:
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