 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. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from...  Abraham Lincoln, the First American - Page 117by David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 236 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Carroll Power - 1876 - 820 pages
...age, I did not know much; still, somehow I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, hut that was all. I have not been to school since. The...from time to time, under the pressure of necessity. li I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois,... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1877 - 916 pages
...this store of education I hare picked up . Irom time to time under the pressure of necessity. I win raised to farm-work, which I continued till I was...twentytwo. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed the fir« year in Macón со. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sanganiou. now in Menard со.,... | |
 | 1911 - 458 pages
...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....time under the pressure of necessity. I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, Macón county.... | |
 | David W. Lusk - 1884 - 600 pages
...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....time under the pressure of necessity. I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was 22. At 21 I came to Illinois, and passed the first year in... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 482 pages
...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....store of education, i have picked up from time to t lme under the pressure of necessity. i was raised to farm work, which i continned till i was twenty-two.... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 pages
...Still somehow. 1 could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, bnt that was all. i have not heen to school since. The little advance i now have upon this store of education, 1 have picked op from time to time under the preasure of necessity. i was raised to farm work, which... | |
 | Phillips Exeter Academy - 1887 - 246 pages
...Lincoln said of himself : " When I came of age I did not know much. The little advance that I now (1859) have upon this store of education I have picked up...from time to time under the pressure of necessity." Without the aid of masters and professors the disadvantages under which one labors in getting an education... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...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....under the pressure of necessity. " I was raised to farm work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed the... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 pages
...age, I did not know much; still, somehow, I could read and write and cipher to the rule of three, and that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I have now made upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time, under the pressure... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 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...time under the 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... | |
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