. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. 1813, and died in 1894. He was a man of markedability. (100) YARNS AND STORIES. Gj ill the rear part of the room rose up, and, glancing at the excited object in thepulpit, shouted at the top of her voice: If you represent Christ, then Imdone with the Bible. * HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE. Once, when Lincoln was pleading a case, the opposing lawyer had allthe advantage of the law; the weather was warm, and his opponent, as wasadmis
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. 1813, and died in 1894. He was a man of markedability. (100) YARNS AND STORIES. Gj ill the rear part of the room rose up, and, glancing at the excited object in thepulpit, shouted at the top of her voice: If you represent Christ, then Imdone with the Bible. * HIS KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN NATURE. Once, when Lincoln was pleading a case, the opposing lawyer had allthe advantage of the law; the weather was warm, and his opponent, as wasadmissible in frontier courts,oulled ofi his coat and vest as f-) he grew warm in the argu-ment. At that time, shirts withbuttons behind were took in the situationat once. Knowing the prej-udices of the primitive peo-ple against pretension of allsorts, or any affectation ofsuperior social rank, arising,he said: Gentlemen of thejury, having justice on myside, I dont think you will beat all influenced by the gen-tlemans pretended knowl-edge of the law, when yousee he does not even knowwhich side of his shirt should be in case was There was a general laugh, and A MISCHIEVOUS OX. President Lincoln once told the following story of Colonel W., who hadbeen elected to the Legislature, and had also been Judge of the County elevation, however, had made him somewhat pompous, and he became YARNS AND STORIES. 71 THE PRESIDENTIAL CHIN-ITY. Some of Mr. Lincolns intimate friends once called his attention to a cer-tain member of his Cabinet who was quietly working to secure a nominationfor the Presidency, although knowing that Mr. Lincoln was to be a candi-date for re-election. His friends insisted that the Cabinet officer ought tobe made to give uphis Presidential as-pirations or be re-moved from situation re-minded Mr. Lin-coln of a story:My brother andI, he said, wereonce plowing corn,I driving the horseand he holding theplow. The horsewas
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