...hand on." She says, " Abe read diligently. ... He read every book he could lay his hands on ; and, when he came across a passage that struck him, he...write it down on boards if he had no paper, and keep tt there until he did get paper. Then he would re-write it, look at it, repeat it. He had a copy-book,...

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...lay his hands on.' She says ' Abe read diligentlv. He read every book he could lay his hands on; and, when he came" across a passage that struck him, he...would rewrite it, look at it, repeat it. He had a copy book, a kind of scrap-book, in which he put down all things, and thus preserved them.' "John Hanks...

...shaving process everlastingly." His mother says : " Abe read every book he could lay his hands on ;-and when he came across a passage that struck him, he...get paper. Then he would re-write it, look at it, and repeat it. He had a copy-book, a kind of scrap-book, in which he put down all things, and thus...

...a severe school. His step-mother said of him : " He read everything he could lay his hands on, and when he came across a passage that struck him, he...it down on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it by him until he could get paper. Then he would copy it. look at it, commit it to memory, and repeat...

...than Robert Burns. His step-mother said of him : " He read every thing he could lay his hands on, and when he came across a passage that struck him, he...it down on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it by him until he could get paper. Then he would copy it, look at it, commit it to memory, and repeat...

...reading and studying at home. His step-mother said of him: "He read everything he could lay his hands on. When he came across a passage that struck him, he...it down on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it until he had got paper. Then he would copy it, look at it, commit it to memory, and repeat it." Among...

...reading and studying at home. His stepmother said of him: "He read everything he could lay his hands on. When he came across a passage that struck him, he...it down on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it until he had got paper. Then he would copy it, look at it, commit it to memory, and repeat it." Among...

...was afterwards famous. His stepmother said of him: "He read everything he could lay his hands on, and when he came across a passage that struck him, he would write it on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it by him till he could get paper. Then he would copy it, look...

...stepson. She says of him : "He read diligently. * * * He read everything he could lay his hands on, and when he came across a passage that struck him, he...it down on boards, if he had no paper, and keep it until he had got paper. Then he would copy it, look at it, commit it to memory, and repeat it." He...