 ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the 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...  The Writings of Abraham Lincoln - Page 117by Abraham Lincoln - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Milton Chase Potter, Harry Jewett Jeschke, Harry Orrin Gillet - English language - 1917 - 386 pages
...very little. Altogether Lincoln spent less than twelve months at school. Years afterwards he wrote, " Of course when I came of age I did not know much ; still somehow I could read' write, and cipher a little." We may be sure that this is a very modest statement, for he tells us that after he once... | |
 | Philip Robert Dillon - History - 1918 - 378 pages
...story of his life is one of the most modest autobiographies ever written by a great man. He tells, "when I came of age, I did not know much. Still, somehow...and cipher to the Rule of Three ; but that was all." He was raised to farm work, in Kentucky, until he was 21 years old. Then he removed to Macon County,... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...so-called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond 'readin' writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three.' If a straggler supposed to...in the neighborhood he was looked upon as a wizard. ... Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - English language - 1919 - 280 pages
...called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond "readin', writin', and cipherin"' to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand...and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all. 1 have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - English language - 1919 - 360 pages
...called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond "readin', writin', and cipherin'" to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand...I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, all. 1 have not been to school since. The little advance I nowi have upon this store of education I... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 458 pages
...qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond 'readin', writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three.' 20 If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened...in the neighborhood he was looked upon as a wizard. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. . Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Manuscripts - 1920 - 414 pages
...so-called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond readin', writin', and cipherin' to the Rule of Three. If a straggler supposed to understand...absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education." — NICOLAY, p. 10. teen; and the third by a teacher named Swaney, whose first name Mr. Lincoln was... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Justice, Administration of - 1920 - 38 pages
...happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he wa lonke.l upon as a wizard. Tiiere was absolutelv nothing in excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came...read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that wa" all I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 450 pages
...called, but no qualif1cation was ever required of a teacher s beyond "readin', writin', and cipherin'" to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand...education. Of course, when I came of age I did not 10 know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 422 pages
...called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher s beyond "readin', writin', and cipherin' " to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand...for education. Of course, when I came of age I did no tic know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was... | |
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