. Lincoln, the patriot : a ready program for Lincoln's birthday. theylacked, foremost the king quality of courage, physi-cal, moral, and political.—Poorc. e. ]( Lincoln had lived at a time when printingwas unknown, he would in a few years, by his prov-erbs and fables, have become mythological, like/Esop or Pilpay, or one of the Seven Wise Masters,the story-tellers of antiquity.—Emerson. 8. Composition, Lincolns Political Life. (The pioneer boy as he grew up began to be inter-ested in politics. With a devouring love for books,cleverness at extempore speaking, and readiness tomake friends, he ha
. Lincoln, the patriot : a ready program for Lincoln's birthday. theylacked, foremost the king quality of courage, physi-cal, moral, and political.—Poorc. e. ]( Lincoln had lived at a time when printingwas unknown, he would in a few years, by his prov-erbs and fables, have become mythological, like/Esop or Pilpay, or one of the Seven Wise Masters,the story-tellers of antiquity.—Emerson. 8. Composition, Lincolns Political Life. (The pioneer boy as he grew up began to be inter-ested in politics. With a devouring love for books,cleverness at extempore speaking, and readiness tomake friends, he had worked up from country mer-chant to a lawyer and surveyor. He was elected tothe Legislature, then to Congress, and was offeredthe Governorship of Oregon. Returning to hishome in Springfield, Illinois, and his wife and boys,Lincoln took up his law-practice again. He was I LINCOLN THE PATRIOT. nominated unsuccessfully for Senator, and in i860,amid much opposition, he was elected President ofthe United States.) 9. Readings illustrating Lincolns a. His towering figure, sharp and spare, Was with such nervous tension strung,As if on each strained sinew swungThe burden of a peoples care. His changing face what pen can draw ? Pathetic, kindly, droll, or stern ; And with a glance so quick to learnThe inmost truth of all he saw. —Charles G. Halpine. b. When he left this city (Springfield, 111.) h*.was fifty-one years old. He was about six feetfour inches in height; thin, wiry, sinewy, raw-boned. His usual weight was one hundred and LINCOLN THE PATRIOT. 9 sixty pounds. His structure was loose andleathery; his body was shrunk and shrivelled, hav-ing dark skin, dark hair,—looking whole man, body and mind, worked slowly,creakingly, as if it needed oiling. Physically, hewas a very powerful man, lifting with ease four orsix hundred pounds. His mind was like his body,and worked slowly and strongly. His head was long and tall from the base of thebrain and fr
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