 | Arthur Lee - English language - 1917 - 340 pages
...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....from time to time under the pressure of necessity. mon County, now in Menard County, where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. Then came... | |
 | 1917 - 364 pages
...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....write, and cipher, to the rule of three; but that wag all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of educaticn... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Josiah Seymour Currey - 1918 - 492 pages
...Lincoln came to Illinois and took up his residence in Macon county. "When I came of age," he says, "I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read,...from time to time under the pressure of necessity." He then gives a brief summary of his experience in the Black Hawk war. in which he was a captain of... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three. But that was all. . . . The little advance I now have upon this store of education...pressure of necessity. "I was raised to farm work ... till I was twentytwo. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, — Macon county. Then I got to New Salem,... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - English language - 1919 - 280 pages
...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....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... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 458 pages
...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....read, write, and cipher to the rule of three. But that 25 was all. The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - Readers - 1919 - 456 pages
...know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three. But that 25 was all. The little advance I now have upon this store of education...from time to time under the pressure of necessity. Then I got to New Salem where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. Then came the Black... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith, Lida Brown McMurry - English language - 1919 - 360 pages
...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, all. 1 have not been to school since. The little advance I nowi have upon this store of education I... | |
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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. 
