The Life And Times of Abraham Lincoln : Sixteenth President of the United States [excerpt]
The book The Life And Times of Abraham Lincoln : Sixteenth President of the United States [excerpt] was written by author Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893 Here you can read free online of The Life And Times of Abraham Lincoln : Sixteenth President of the United States [excerpt] book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Life And Times of Abraham Lincoln : Sixteenth President of the United States [excerpt] a good or bad book?
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He became inured to all the duties of seed-time and harvest. On many a day, during every one of those thirteen years, this Kentucky boy might have been seen, with a long ' gad' in his hand, driving his father's team in the field, or from the woods with a heavy draught, or on the rough path to the mill, the store, or the river landing ; very probably at times, in the language of the Hoosier bard, descriptive of such pioneer workers in general : " ' sans shoes or socks on, With snake-pole and a y...oke of oxen.' "A vigorous constitution, and a cheerful, unrepining disposition, made all his labors comparatively light. To such a one, this sort of life has in it much of pleasant excitement to compensate for its hardships. He learned to derive enjoyment from the severest lot. The ' dignity of labor,' which is with demagogues such hollow cant, became to him a true and appreciable reality." Thus, by hardy out-door labor and exercise he laid the foundation of that iron constitution which proved such a blessing throughout his whole life, en- abling him to endure fatigue and care to which an ordinary frame would have succumbed.
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