scal, that I forgive him for the sake of your bright
eyes.'"

LINCOLN THE LAWYER

BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)

He delighted to advocate the cases of those whom he knew to be wronged,
but he would not defend the cause of the guilty. If he discovered in the
course of a trial that he was on the wrong side, he lost all interest,
and ceased to make any exertion.

Once, while engaged in a prosecution, he discovered that his client's
cause was not a good one, and he refused to make the plea. His
associate, who was less scrupulous, made the plea and obtained a
decision in their favor. The fee was nine hundred dollars, half of which
was tendered to Mr. Lincoln, but he refused to accept a single cent of
it.

His honesty was strongly illustrated by the way he kept his accounts
with his law-partner. When he had taken a fee in the latter's absence,
he put one half of it into his own pocket, and laid the other half
carefully away, labeling it "Billy," the name by which he familiarly
addressed his partner. When asked why he did not make a record of the
amount and, for the time being, use the whole, Mr. Lincoln answered:
"Because I promised my mother never to use money belonging to another
person."

THE COURAGE OF HIS CONVICTIONS

(ADAPTED)

Mr. Lincoln made the great speech of his famous senatorial campaign at
Springfield, Illinois. The convention before which he spoke consisted
of a thousand delegates together with the crowd that had gathered with
them.

His speech was carefully prepared. Every sentence was guarded and
emphatic. It has since become famous as "The Divided House" speech.
Before entering the hall where it was to be delivered, he stepped into
the office of his law-partner, Mr. Herndon, and, locking the door, so
that their interview might be private, took his manuscript from
his pocket, and read one of the opening sentences: "I believe this
government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free."

Mr. Herndon remarked that the sentiment was true, but suggested that it
might not be GOOD POLICY to utter it at that time.

Mr. Lincoln replied with great firmness: "No matter about the POLICY. It
is TRUE, and the nation is entitled to it. The proposition has been true
for six thousand years, and I will deliver it as it is written."

MR. LINCOLN AND THE BIBLE

BY Z. A. MUDGE (ADAPTED)

A visitor in Washington once had an appointment to see Mr. Lincoln
at five o'clock in the morning. The