The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . in sight. WhenLee surrendered, Lincolnsmind was already revolv-ing plans for conciliatingthose who had been op-posed to him, and for re-storing the government atthe South. But, while thePresident was sitting withhis family in a box at a theatre in Washington, JohnWilkes Booth, one of a band of conspirators, approachedhim from behind and shot him, and then leaped to thestage, crying, Sic semper tyrannis! which means,Thus alwa3S with tyrants, and escaped. Booth wasafterward overtaken, and killed in resisting arrest.
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . in sight. WhenLee surrendered, Lincolnsmind was already revolv-ing plans for conciliatingthose who had been op-posed to him, and for re-storing the government atthe South. But, while thePresident was sitting withhis family in a box at a theatre in Washington, JohnWilkes Booth, one of a band of conspirators, approachedhim from behind and shot him, and then leaped to thestage, crying, Sic semper tyrannis! which means,Thus alwa3S with tyrants, and escaped. Booth wasafterward overtaken, and killed in resisting arrest. Lin-coln died on the 15th of April, the day after he was ABRAHAM LINCOLN. DEATH OF LIXCOLM. 351 He was deeply mourned, because he had shown himselfa man of great wisdom and goodness. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky, February 12, Abraham1809. His father removed to Indiana when he was a lit-tle boy, and while that country was exceedingly wild andrough. The family lived in a half-faced camp—that is, acabin with one side left out and the fire built out-of-doors,in front of the open side. Abraham endured many pri-vations, and struggled hard to get an education. Theschools were few and the teachers ignorant, but Lincolntrained his own mind by carefully thinking out every sub-ject which puzzled him, and he spent his spare time inreading. He worked on a farm, went to New Orleanson a fiat-boat, was clerk in a country store, learned andpracticed surveying, and then studied law. He servedseveral terms in the Legislature of Illinois, and was amember of Congress. He became a leading lawyer andpolitician in his State, and gained a national fame by
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