. Lincoln, the lawyer. These books, from left to right, are Religious Truth Illustrated from Science —Hitch-cock ; Gibbons Rome, 4 vols.; Dictionary of Congress —Lanman ; Paleys Works; Angell on Limitations; The Republican Party —Sumner, i860; The Illinois Convey-ancer, and A Dictionary of Primary Schools. These books, from left to right, are Journal of the House of Representatives of the TenthGeneral Assembly of Illinois, Life of Black Hawk, Illinois Convention Journal, Laws ofIllinois, 1841, Revised Statutes, Illinois, 1845, Law Register, Livingston, 1852, DeansMedical Jurisprudence, and Act
. Lincoln, the lawyer. These books, from left to right, are Religious Truth Illustrated from Science —Hitch-cock ; Gibbons Rome, 4 vols.; Dictionary of Congress —Lanman ; Paleys Works; Angell on Limitations; The Republican Party —Sumner, i860; The Illinois Convey-ancer, and A Dictionary of Primary Schools. These books, from left to right, are Journal of the House of Representatives of the TenthGeneral Assembly of Illinois, Life of Black Hawk, Illinois Convention Journal, Laws ofIllinois, 1841, Revised Statutes, Illinois, 1845, Law Register, Livingston, 1852, DeansMedical Jurisprudence, and Acts and Resolutions passed at the Thirtieth Congress of theUnited States, 1848 Books From Abraham Lincolns Library PROFESSIONAL ASPIRATIONS of government, and to it they flocked for mentalrefreshment and recreation in a holiday families would sometimes make the trip,virtually living in their wagons while the ses-sion lasted, and the proceedings supplied materialfor conversation and discussion long after theevent. Altogether it was a great occasion, andthe court-house was usually full to overflowing. It is not surprising, then, that young Lincolncheerfully trudged to Boonville on foot and sel-dom missed a trial. There were rare exhibitionsof human nature in the legal combats which hewitn
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