The Wonderful Story of Lincoln

The Wonderful Story of Lincoln

Charles M. Stevens

5.0
Comment(s)
71
View
44
Chapters

The Wonderful Story of Lincoln by Charles M. Stevens

Chapter 1 M. STEVENS

"I see him, as he stands,

With gifts of mercy in his outstretched hands;

A kindly light within his gentle eyes,

Sad as the toil in which his heart grew wise;

His lips half parted with the constant smile

That kindled truth but foiled the deepest guile;

His head bent forward, and his willing ear

Divinely patient right and wrong to hear:

Great in his goodness, humble in his state,

Firm in his purpose, yet not passionate,

He led his people with a tender hand,

And won by love a sway beyond command."

George H. Boker.

Inspiration Series of Patriotic Americans

THE WONDERFUL STORY OF LINCOLN

AND THE MEANING OF HIS LIFE FOR THE YOUTH

AND PATRIOTISM OF AMERICA

By C. M. STEVENS

Author of "The Wonderful Story of Washington"

NEW YORK

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

Copyright, 1917, by

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

Printed in U. S. A.

CONTENTS

Continue Reading

Other books by Charles M. Stevens

More
The Wonderful Story of Washington

The Wonderful Story of Washington

Young Adult

5.0

Excerpt: We cannot think with a true vision, in estimating the meaning of colonial and revolutionary days, if we allow the glamor of fame and the idolatry of colonial patriotism to obscure our view of those times. There were heroes immortal with what we know as “the spirit of ’76,” but, grading from them were the good, bad and indifferent, that often seemed overwhelming in numbers. George Washington is known chiefly through the rather stilted style of writing that then prevailed, and the puritanic expressions that were used in describing commendable conduct. Even Washington’s writings were edited so as not to offend sensitive ears, and so as not to give an impression to the reader different from the idealized orthodox character of that severe pioneer civilization. The people were free in everything but social expression. That was sternly required to conform to a rigid puritanic or cavalier standard. Washington, more than any other great man, seems to have composed his early life from what some well-meaning reformers have termed “copy-book morality;” that is, proverbial morality or personal rules of conduct. Washington in his boyhood wrote out many moral sentences as reminders for his own guidance. He was a persistent searcher after the right way toward the right life. Washington’s mother is described as being stern in business and moral discipline, even as having a violent temper and being capable of very severe measures to accomplish needed results. It seems that Washington, seeing this method in both father and mother, reinforced, as it were, by the military bearing of his much-admired elder half-brother, took that form of life as his earliest ideal. He was as tireless in perfecting models of business and life as Lincoln was in mastering the unconventional meaning of human beings. Washington at the ages of eleven and twelve delighted to copy various book-keeping forms and mercantile documents. His school books at that age are still preserved and they are models of accuracy and neatness. Besides that, he loved to discipline himself. He was always subjecting himself, either mentally or physically, to some kind of orderly training.

You'll also like

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book
The Wonderful Story of Lincoln
1

Chapter 1 M. STEVENS

06/12/2017

2

Chapter 2 THE PROCESS OF LIFE FROM WITHIN

06/12/2017

3

Chapter 3 THE PROBLEM OF A WORTHWHILE LIFE

06/12/2017

4

Chapter 4 THE LINCOLN BOY OF THE KENTUCKY WOODS

06/12/2017

5

Chapter 5 HOME-SEEKERS IN THE WILD WEST

06/12/2017

6

Chapter 6 A WONDERFUL FAMILY IN THE DESOLATE WILDERNESS

06/12/2017

7

Chapter 7 THE LINCOLN BOY AND HIS SISTER

06/12/2017

8

Chapter 8 HOW THE LINCOLN BOY MADE THE LINCOLN MAN

06/12/2017

9

Chapter 9 SOME SIGNS ALONG THE EARLY WAY

06/12/2017

10

Chapter 10 ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE MAKING OF A MAN

06/12/2017

11

Chapter 11 LINCOLN'S FIRST DOLLAR

06/12/2017

12

Chapter 12 THE WILDERNESS AS THE GARDEN OF POLITICAL LIBERTY

06/12/2017

13

Chapter 13 SMALL BEGINNINGS IN PUBLIC ESTEEM

06/12/2017

14

Chapter 14 TESTS OF CHARACTER ON THE LAWLESS FRONTIER

06/12/2017

15

Chapter 15 THE PIONEER MISSIONARY OF HUMANITY

06/12/2017

16

Chapter 16 EXPERIENCES IN THE INDIAN WAR

06/12/2017

17

Chapter 17 BUSINESS NOT HARMONIOUS WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR LEARNING

06/12/2017

18

Chapter 18 MAKING A LIVING AND LEARNING THE MEANING OF LIFE

06/12/2017

19

Chapter 19 OUT OF THE WILDERNESS PATHS INTO THE GREAT HIGHWAY

06/12/2017

20

Chapter 20 LINCOLN'S FIRST LAW CASES

06/12/2017

21

Chapter 21 HELPFULNESS AND KINDNESS OF A WORTH-WHILE CHARACTER

06/12/2017

22

Chapter 22 THE LOVE OF FREEDOM AND TRUTH

06/12/2017

23

Chapter 23 THE WIT-MAKERS AND THEIR WIT

06/12/2017

24

Chapter 24 TURBULENT TIMES AND SOCIAL STORMS

06/12/2017

25

Chapter 25 THE FRONTIER "FIRE-EATER"

06/12/2017

26

Chapter 26 SIMPLICITY AND SYMPATHY ESSENTIAL TO GENUINE CHARACTER

06/12/2017

27

Chapter 27 NEARING THE HEIGHTS OF A PUBLIC CAREER

06/12/2017

28

Chapter 28 SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MOMENTOUS TIMES

06/12/2017

29

Chapter 29 THE BEGINNINGS OF GREAT TRAGEDY

06/12/2017

30

Chapter 30 THE LIFE STRUGGLE OF A MAN TRANSLATED INTO THE LIFE STRUGGLE OF A NATION

06/12/2017

31

Chapter 31 THE MAN AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE

06/12/2017

32

Chapter 32 TYPICAL INCIDENTS FROM AMONG MOMENTOUS SCENES

06/12/2017

33

Chapter 33 EXPERIENCES DEMANDING MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE

06/12/2017

34

Chapter 34 HUMANITY AND THE GREAT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE

06/12/2017

35

Chapter 35 SIMPLE INTERESTS THAT NEVER GROW OLD

06/12/2017

36

Chapter 36 FALSEHOOD AIDS NO ONE'S TRUTH

06/12/2017

37

Chapter 37 FREEDOM TO MISREPRESENT IS NOT FREEDOM

06/12/2017

38

Chapter 38 HOMELY WAYS TO EXPRESS TRUTH

06/12/2017

39

Chapter 39 THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY

06/12/2017

40

Chapter 40 THE TIME WHEN "THOSE WHO CAME TO SCOFF REMAINED TO PRAY"

06/12/2017