. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . town, was also elected. Major Stuart had al-ready conceived the highest opinion of the young man,and seeing much of him during the canvass for the Sec-tion, privately advised him to study law. Stua
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . town, was also elected. Major Stuart had al-ready conceived the highest opinion of the young man,and seeing much of him during the canvass for the Sec-tion, privately advised him to study law. Stuart was him-self engaged in a large and lucrative practice at Spring-field. Lincoln said he was poor—that he had no money tobuy books, or to live where books might be borrowed orused. Major Stuart offered to lend him all he needed,and he decided to take the kind lawyers advice, and ac-cept his offer. At the close of the canvass which re-sulted in his election, he walked to Springfield, borroweda load of books of Stuart, and took them home withhim to New Salem. Here he began the study of law in good earnest, thoughwith no preceptor. He studied while he had bread, andthen started out on a surveying tour to win the moneythat would buy more. One who remembers his habits during this period saysthat he went, day after day, for weeks, and sat under anoak tree near New Salem and read, moving around. EARLY LIFE. 49 to keep in the shade as the sun moved. He was so muchabsorbed that some people thought and said that he wascrazy. Not unfrequently he met and passed his best friendswithout noticing them. The truth was that he had foundthe pursuit of his Hfe, and had become very much inearnest. During Lincolns campaign he possessed and rode ahorse, to procure which he had quite likely sold his com-pass and chain, for, as soon as the canvass had closed,he sold the horse and bought these instruments indispen-sable to him in the only pursuit by which he could makehis living. When the time for t
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