文档介绍：Abraham Lincoln—a great ,andifhecameacrossanythinginhisreadingthathewishedtorememberhewouldcopyitonashingle,becausewritingpaperwasscarce,."Itwillspilehimforwork,"hesaid."Hedon'tdohalfenoughabouttheplace,asitis,now,andbooksandpapersain'tnogood."ButAbraham,withallhisreading,didmoreworkthanhisfatheranyday;hisstepmother,too,tookhissideandatlastgotherhusbandtolettheboyreadandstudyathome."Abewasagoodsontome,"shesaid,manymanyyearsafter,"."Theboykeptasortofshinglescrap-book;hekeptapaperscrap-book,—poetry,history,funnysayings,-bookforhisarithmetic"sums,"too,andoneoftheseisstillinexistencewiththisboyishrhymeinaboyishscrawl,underneathoneofhistablesofweightsandmeasures: AbrahamLincolnGoddidknowwhen;andthatboy,allunconsciously,,andAbraham,flatonhisstomach,wouldoftendohisreading,writing,andcipheringinthefirelight,asitflashedandflickeredonthebighearthofhislog-,JohnHanks,wholivedforawhilewiththeLincolns,saysthatwhen"Abe,"ashealwayscalledt