. The life of Abraham Lincoln. y did the work—it was for three days—and owned the book. Later he had a life of Henry Clay, whom henearly idolized. His one poet was Burns, whomhe knew by heart ** from a to izzard. Through-out his life he ranked Burns next to Shakspeare. The hymns which he most loved must havehad influence not only on his religious spirit, butalso on his literary taste. Those which are men-tioned are, Am I a soldier of the cross ? ** Howtedious and tasteless the hours, There is afountain filled with blood, and Alas, and didmy Saviour bleed ? Good hymns every one ofthem, in that
. The life of Abraham Lincoln. y did the work—it was for three days—and owned the book. Later he had a life of Henry Clay, whom henearly idolized. His one poet was Burns, whomhe knew by heart ** from a to izzard. Through-out his life he ranked Burns next to Shakspeare. The hymns which he most loved must havehad influence not only on his religious spirit, butalso on his literary taste. Those which are men-tioned are, Am I a soldier of the cross ? ** Howtedious and tasteless the hours, There is afountain filled with blood, and Alas, and didmy Saviour bleed ? Good hymns every one ofthem, in that day, or in any day. Having no slate he did his sums in the sandon the ground, or on a wooden shovel which, EAELY YBABS 23 after it was covered on both sides, he scraped downso as to erase the work. A note-book is pre-served, containing, along with examples in arithme-tic, this boyish doggerel: Abraham Lincolnhis hand and penhe will be good butgod knows When. The penmanship bears a striking resemblance to thatin later Lincolns Early Home in Indiana. Abont a year after Thomas Lincolns familysettled in Indiana, they were followed by someneighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow and DennisHanks, a child. To these the Lincolns surrendered 24 LIFE OF ABRAHAM UNCX)LN. their camp and built for themselves a cabin, whichwas slightly more pretentious than the first. Ithad an attic, and for a stairway there were pegsin the wall up which an active boy could readilyclimb. There was a stationary table, the legsbeing driven into the ground, some three-leggedstools, and a Dutch oven. In the year 1818 a mysterious epidemic passedover the region, working havoc with men andcattle. It was called the ^ * milk-sick. Just whatit was physicians are unable to determine, but itwas very destructive. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sparrowwere attacked. They were removed, for bettercare, to the home of the Lincolns, where theyshortly died. By this time Mrs. Lincoln wasdown with the same scourge. There was nodoctor to b
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