. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 . to be the corrected page of one in the Collection of GeneralOrendorff. This corrected page has not the first allegationfound in the rough draft: The widow of the testator is not acompetent witness. 11 Hump. 565. t Mr. Lincolns first partner, John T. Stuart, enjoyed telling ofhis own arrival in Springfield in 1828 from Kentucky; how thenext morning he was standing in front of the village store wonder-ing how to introduce himself to the community, when a well-dressed old gentleman approached him, who, interesting himselfin his welfare, inquired aft
. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 . to be the corrected page of one in the Collection of GeneralOrendorff. This corrected page has not the first allegationfound in the rough draft: The widow of the testator is not acompetent witness. 11 Hump. 565. t Mr. Lincolns first partner, John T. Stuart, enjoyed telling ofhis own arrival in Springfield in 1828 from Kentucky; how thenext morning he was standing in front of the village store wonder-ing how to introduce himself to the community, when a well-dressed old gentleman approached him, who, interesting himselfin his welfare, inquired after his history and business. I amfrom Kentucky, answered Mr. Stuart, and my profession is thatof a lawyer, sir. What is the prospect here ? Throwing back hishead and closing his left eye the old gentleman reflected a mo-ment, then replied : Young man, d slim chance for that kind of a combination here. LINCOLN IN A LAW CASE. 297 £*~^<4*S ~J** >-«££•?* GtcAvt***/-drr^s A/t^. <J^~ j&zf***. AsXZZzr- ^ -r- Was Mr. Lincolns experience at the bar a mere epi-sode in his wonderful career, or was it the foundation uponwhich rested the whole structure of that career ? He saidhimself that Law is the greatest science of man. It is That there was a chance for that combination in Springfield hasbeen most conclusively proven. Lincolns three law partners atthat place as well as himself were all from Kentucky, to say noth-ing of other prominent members of the bar of Springfield whocame from the Blue Grass state. 298 APPENDIX. the best profession to develop the logical faculty and thehighest platform on which man can exhibit his powers ofwell trained manhood. Kp&j if. IC,HAT Mr. Lincoln found in the Declaration of Inde-pendence his perfect standard of political truth isperhaps in none of his utterances more conclusively shownthan in a private lette
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