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Title: In The Boyhood of Lincoln
A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk

Author: Hezekiah Butterworth

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Language: English

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IN THE BOYHOOD OF LINCOLN

A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster
and the Times of Black Hawk

BY

HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH

AUTHOR OF THE LOG SCHOOL-HOUSE ON THE COLUMBIA

Let us have faith that right makes might, and
in that faith as to the end dare to do our duty.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

_ILLUSTRATED_

[Illustration]

NINTH EDITION

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1898

COPYRIGHT, 1892,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

PREFACE.

Abraham Lincoln has become the typical character of American
institutions, and it is the purpose of this book, which is a true
picture in a framework of fiction, to show how that character, which so
commanded the hearts and the confidence of men, was formed. He who in
youth unselfishly seeks the good of others, without fear or favor, may
be ridiculed, but he makes for himself a character fit to govern others,
and one that the people will one day need and honor. The secret of
Abraham Lincoln's success was the "faith that right makes might." This
principle the book seeks by abundant story-telling to illustrate and
make clear.

In this volume, as in the "Log School-House on the Columbia," the
adventures of a pioneer school-master are made to represent the early
history of a newly settled country. The "Log School-House on the
Columbia" gave a view of the early history of Oregon and Washington.
This volume collects many of the Indian romances and cabin tales of the
early settlers of Illinois, and pictures the hardships and manly
struggles of one who by force of