 There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all.  Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln ... - Stran 298avtor: Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 399 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | John Carroll Power - 1876 - 820 strani
...neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. Therewas absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much;...could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, hut that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 600 strani
...neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much....raised to farm work, which I continued till I was 22. At 21 I came to Illinois, and passed the first year in Macon county. Then I got to New Salem, at... | |
 | William C. Roberts - 1884 - 264 strani
...a wild region, with few educational advantages. He once wrote of himself, that on coming of age ' ' somehow I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all." All that he afterward acquired he "picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity." Farm... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 482 strani
...neighborhood, he was looked upon aa a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when i came of age i did not know much....store of education, i have picked up from time to t lme under the pressure of necessity. i was raised to farm work, which i continned till i was twenty-two.... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 strani
...neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when i came of age i did not know much. Still somehow. 1 could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, bnt that was all. i have not heen to school since.... | |
 | Phillips Exeter Academy - 1887 - 246 strani
...Lincoln said of himself : " When I came of age I did not know much. The little advance that I now (1859) have upon this store of education I have picked up...from time to time under the pressure of necessity." Without the aid of masters and professors the disadvantages under which one labors in getting an education... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 412 strani
...he was looked upon as a wizard. There *was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for an education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much; still, somehow, I could read and write and cipher to the rule of three, and that was all. I have not been to school since. The little... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 strani
...age, I did not know much; still, somehow, I could read and write and cipher to the rule of three, and that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I have now made upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time, under the pressure... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 strani
...supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood he was looked upon as a wizard. * * * Of course, when I came of age I did not know much....and cipher to the rule of three. But that was all. * * * The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 strani
...neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age I did not know much....time under the pressure of necessity. I was raised to farm-work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed the... | |
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