The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . FACSIMILE OF LINES FROM LINCOLNS COPY BOOK. that time, said he, that Abe was the best penman in theneighborhood. One day, While he was on a visit at mymothers, I asked him to write some copies for me. He verywillingly consented. He wrote several of them, but one ofthem I have never forgotten, although a boy at that time. Itwas this: Good boys who to their books applyWill all be g
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . FACSIMILE OF LINES FROM LINCOLNS COPY BOOK. that time, said he, that Abe was the best penman in theneighborhood. One day, While he was on a visit at mymothers, I asked him to write some copies for me. He verywillingly consented. He wrote several of them, but one ofthem I have never forgotten, although a boy at that time. Itwas this: Good boys who to their books applyWill all be great men by and by. His wonderful memory was recalled by many. To savethat which he found to his liking in the books he borrowedLincoln committed much to memory. He knew many longpoems, and most of the selections in the Kentucky Precep-. THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE. A secluded part of Little Pigeon Creek, not far from Gentryville, where LincolnDennis Hanks, John Johnston, the Gentry boys, and others of the neighborhood,Used to bathe. It is still pointed out as the place where Abe went in swimming.
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