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Title: Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hanson, John Wesley, Jr. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, W. B. Conkey co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^^jLOKcir^ CHAPTER XXIII,THE CIVIL WAR. The history of A-bra-ham Lin-coln, furnishes a striking proof of the factthat, in the U-nit-ed States, poverty prevents no citizen from rising to thehighest position in tlie gift of the people. In the year 1818 his father movedfrom Ken-tuck-y into In-di-a-na, where, at the age of eight years, youngLin-coln, axe in hand, assisted in clearing away the forest. His entire schooleducation, until manhood, did not amount to more than one year. At the ageof twenty-one he removed to Il-li-nois, where, while keeping a store, hestudied law, borrowing each evening the law books, and returning them in themorning. He was chosen to the Legislature, became a lawyer, was sent asrepresentative to Con-gress, and, in a canvass for the position of U-nit-edStates Sen-a-tor, was defeated by Judge Doug-las. It was this contest thatbrought him prominently before the country, and led the way to his nominationas President. When Lin-coln entered on his duties, March 4, 186

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