The Pioneer Boy: And how He Became PresidentWalker, Wise, 1864 - Всего страниц: 310 |
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... THINGS THAT SELBY'S CHARACTER TAUGHT ABRAHAM : NOT TO SWEAR , EVII OF IGNORANCE , AND THE MISERY OF INTEMPERANCE . HOW POOR WHITES SOMETIMES INTERFERE WITH SLAVES . AN INCIDENT . INCIDENT MR . LINCOLN'S VIEWS OF THE EVILS OF SLAVERY ...
... THINGS THAT SELBY'S CHARACTER TAUGHT ABRAHAM : NOT TO SWEAR , EVII OF IGNORANCE , AND THE MISERY OF INTEMPERANCE . HOW POOR WHITES SOMETIMES INTERFERE WITH SLAVES . AN INCIDENT . INCIDENT MR . LINCOLN'S VIEWS OF THE EVILS OF SLAVERY ...
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... THINGS WELL . HABITS OF STUDY . SELF - CONTROL . — NOT ABOVE HIS BUSI- NESS . OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY . IIIS INFLUENCE OF ANCESTORS . LIBRARY . HIS HONESTY AGAIN . — TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO KNOWS . THE MAN WHAT THE BOY WAS . THE PIONEER BOY ...
... THINGS WELL . HABITS OF STUDY . SELF - CONTROL . — NOT ABOVE HIS BUSI- NESS . OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY . IIIS INFLUENCE OF ANCESTORS . LIBRARY . HIS HONESTY AGAIN . — TESTIMONY OF ONE WHO KNOWS . THE MAN WHAT THE BOY WAS . THE PIONEER BOY ...
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... things into his head much . " “ That may be ; but there's writin ' , too ; it's about as necessary for him to learn to write as to read . I know what it is to go without either . " " Providence may open a way yet , " continued his wife ...
... things into his head much . " “ That may be ; but there's writin ' , too ; it's about as necessary for him to learn to write as to read . I know what it is to go without either . " " Providence may open a way yet , " continued his wife ...
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... things . He could neither read nor write , with this exception , that he could write his name so that some people could read it . His father before him was.poor , and , what was worse , he was killed by the Indians when Thomas was a boy ...
... things . He could neither read nor write , with this exception , that he could write his name so that some people could read it . His father before him was.poor , and , what was worse , he was killed by the Indians when Thomas was a boy ...
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... things ; and the future was dark enough . " " What did you do ? " inquired Abraham , whose deepest feelings were reached by the narrative . " We did the best we could . Your grandmother worked hard to support me , while my brothers and ...
... things ; and the future was dark enough . " " What did you do ? " inquired Abraham , whose deepest feelings were reached by the narrative . " We did the best we could . Your grandmother worked hard to support me , while my brothers and ...
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Стр. 45 - ... book. His highest ambition was to learn to read as well as his mother could. As she gathered the family, and read the bible to them each day, and particularly as she read it upon the Sabbath much of the time, he almost envied her the blessed privilege of reading. He longed foi the day to come when he could read aloud from that revered volume. Beyond that privilege he did not look. To be able to read was boon enough for him, without looking for anything beyond. Young Abraham received the most...
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