. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . LKSON, IltESIDEST ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 55 About eight miles from New Salem was a little place called Clarys young meu of that neighborhood had become, by their pugnacity andprowess, a power in the land. They were muscular and aggressive. Theywere greatly addicted to larks, and were not at all particular as to thedepredations they committed. Judge Herndon, who had a cousin living at NewSalem, and who knew pers
. Life of Abraham Lincoln; being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to . LKSON, IltESIDEST ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 55 About eight miles from New Salem was a little place called Clarys young meu of that neighborhood had become, by their pugnacity andprowess, a power in the land. They were muscular and aggressive. Theywere greatly addicted to larks, and were not at all particular as to thedepredations they committed. Judge Herndon, who had a cousin living at NewSalem, and who knew personally many of the boys, describes them asfollows: They were friendly and good-natured; they could trench a pond, dig a bog,build a house; they could pray or fight, make a village or create a state. They. HAD <1IAI!(;K. would do almost anything for sport or fun, love or necessity. Though rude andrough, though lifes forces ran over the edge of the bowl, foaming and sparklingin pure deviltry for deviltrys sake, yet place before them a poor man who neededtheir aid, a lame or sick man, a defenseless woman, a widow or an orphanedchild, they melted into sympathy and charity at once. They gave all they had,and willingly toiled or played cards for more. Though there never was underthe sun a more generous parcel of rowdies, a strangers introduction to them waslikely to be the most unpleasant part of his acquaintance with them. nb ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Dentou OfEutt was very proud of Lincoln, and was not at all reserved in hislanguage when boasting of Abes merits. He declared—was it with a prophetsprescience?—that he was the smartest man in the United States, and pro-claimed far and wide that Lincoln could lift more, throw farther, run faster,jump higher and wrestle better than any man in Sang
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