. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . <rCu. iMl^irCcu PTIRSmt OF LITERATURE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 13 his father, who could barely sign hisname, and of his mother, who, thougha ready reader, had not been taught theaccompUshment of writing, but ofmany of the other rude settlers of thewilderness. He thus early acquired afacility of expression which proved ofgood service to him in after jears, andaided his future advancement in life. This, however, was only the occupa-tion o
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . <rCu. iMl^irCcu PTIRSmt OF LITERATURE UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 13 his father, who could barely sign hisname, and of his mother, who, thougha ready reader, had not been taught theaccompUshment of writing, but ofmany of the other rude settlers of thewilderness. He thus early acquired afacility of expression which proved ofgood service to him in after jears, andaided his future advancement in life. This, however, was only the occupa-tion of his rare intervals of leisure. Hemore frequently handled the axe thanthe pen. A log-house was to be built,and his fathers land to be cleared of itsforest growth of oaks and was young, but well-grown,and wondrously strong for his age, andtook to tlie rude labor with instinctivereadiness. An axe was at once placedin his hands, and from that time untilhe attained his twenty-third year, whennot employed in labor on the farm, hewas almost constantly wielding thatmost useful instrument.* In 1818, young Lincoln lost hismother, a pious woman o
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