The Wonderful Story Of Lincoln

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Author

Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan), 1861-

Title

The Wonderful Story of Lincoln And the Meaning of His Life for the Youth and Patriotism of America

Credits

Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)

Subject

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40933

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40933

Release Date

October 4, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WONDERFUL STORY OF LINCOLN AND THE MEANING OF HIS LIFE FOR THE YOUTH AND PATRIOTISM OF AMERICA
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS — I. A PERSONAL LIFE AND ITS INTEREST TO AMERICANS — II. THE PROCESS OF LIFE FROM WITHIN — III. A LIFE BUILT AS ONE WOULD HAVE THE NATION
4. 4.CHAPTER II — I. THE PROBLEM OF A WORTHWHILE LIFE — II. THE LINCOLN BOY OF THE KENTUCKY WOODS — III. HOME-SEEKERS IN THE WILD WEST — IV. A WONDERFUL FAMILY IN THE DESOLATE WILDERNESS — V. WAY-MARKS OF RIGHT LIFE
5. 5.CHAPTER III — I. THE LINCOLN BOY AND HIS SISTER — II. HOW THE LINCOLN BOY MADE THE LINCOLN MAN — III. SOME SIGNS ALONG THE EARLY WAY — IV. ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING THE MAKING OF A MAN — V. LINCOLN’S FIRST DOLLAR — VI. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUPERIOR MIND
6. 6.CHAPTER IV — I. THE WILDERNESS AS THE GARDEN OF POLITICAL LIBERTY — II. SMALL BEGINNINGS IN PUBLIC ESTEEM — III. TESTS OF CHARACTER ON THE LAWLESS FRONTIER — IV. THE PIONEER MISSIONARY OF HUMANITY — V. EXPERIENCES IN THE INDIAN WAR — VI. LIFE-MAKING DECISIONS
7. 7.CHAPTER V — I. BUSINESS NOT HARMONIOUS WITH THE STRUGGLE FOR LEARNING — II. MAKING A LIVING AND LEARNING THE MEANING OF LIFE — III. OUT OF THE WILDERNESS PATHS INTO THE GREAT HIGHWAY — IV. LINCOLN’S FIRST LAW CASES — V. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT LIVE FOR SELF ALONE
8. 8.CHAPTER VI — I. HELPFULNESS AND KINDNESS OF A WORTH-WHILE CHARACTER — II. THE LOVE OF FREEDOM AND TRUTH — III. THE WIT-MAKERS AND THEIR WIT — IV. TURBULENT TIMES AND SOCIAL STORMS — V. THE FRONTIER “FIRE-EATER” — VI. HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE
9. 9.CHAPTER VII — I. SIMPLICITY AND SYMPATHY ESSENTIAL TO GENUINE CHARACTER — II. NEARING THE HEIGHTS OF A PUBLIC CAREER — III. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MOMENTOUS TIMES — IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF GREAT TRAGEDY — V. THE LIFE STRUGGLE OF A MAN TRANSLATED INTO THE LIFE STRUGGLE OF A NATION — VI. SOME HUMAN INTERESTS MAKING LIGHTER THE BURDENS OF THE TROUBLED WAY
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII — I. THE MAN AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE — II. TYPICAL INCIDENTS FROM AMONG MOMENTOUS SCENES — III. EXPERIENCES DEMANDING MERCY AND NOT SACRIFICE — IV. HUMANITY AND THE GREAT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE — V. SIMPLE INTERESTS THAT NEVER GROW OLD — VI. SOME INCIDENTS FROM THE GREAT YEARS
11. 11.CHAPTER IX — I. FALSEHOOD AIDS NO ONE’S TRUTH — II. FREEDOM TO MISREPRESENT IS NOT FREEDOM — III. HOMELY WAYS TO EXPRESS TRUTH — IV. THE GREAT TRAGEDY
12. 12.CHAPTER X — I. THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY — II. THE TIME WHEN “THOSE WHO CAME TO SCOFF REMAINED TO PRAY” — III. SOME TYPICAL EXAMPLES GIVING VIEWS OF LINCOLN’S LIFE — IV. REMEMBRANCE AT THE END OF A HUNDRED YEARS
13. 13.CHAPTER XI CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS — I. THE HARMONIZING CONTRAST OF MEN — II. A MASTERPIECE OF MEANING FOR AMERICA — III. THE MISSION OF AMERICA

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