 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 428 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 twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, Macon County. Then I got to New Salem... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1905 - 428 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....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... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 452 pages
...rudiment! of instruction. "When I came of age," wrote the future President, "I didn't know much; still I could read, write and cipher to the rule of three,...been to school since. The little advance I now have upoa this store of education I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity." At... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 102 pages
...have nd been to school since. The littlt advance I now have upon thi store of education, I have pickd up from time to time under the pressure of necessity....I was raised to farm work which I continued till I wa twenty-two. At twenty-one came to Illinois, Macon County Then I got to New Salem, a that time in... | |
 | Theology - 1906 - 336 pages
...says : — " There were some schools. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age, I did not know much....but that was all. I have not been to school since (this at the age of 50). The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up... | |
 | Henry Watterson - Southern States - 1906 - 536 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....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... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1906 - 392 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....could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three. The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time under... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1906 - 386 pages
...came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three. The little advance I now have upon this store of education...from time to time under the pressure of necessity. 129 " I was raised to farm work till I was twenty-two. At twentyone I came to Illinois, Macon County.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Devotional calendars - 1907 - 410 pages
...excite ambition for education. Of course when l came of age l did not know much. Still, somehow, l could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all. l have not been in school since. The little advance l now have upon this store of education l have... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Presidents - 1907 - 356 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." At the time when Thomas Lincoln settled in Indiana, the county was named Perry, and its county-seat... | |
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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. 
