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became not only a great lawyer to whom people 

 went when in trouble, but a good man whom ever} r - 

 one loved and trusted. When our country was in 

 great danger he was chosen President, and by his 



wise and unselfish 

 leadership found a 

 safe way out of the 

 trouble and saved 

 the nation. 



He was fifty-six 

 years old when 

 he died. His life 



The log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln ivas born 



had 



Spent i 



thinking and doing for others, and the whole world 

 mourned that such a life was ended. 



Write about Abraham Lincoln, making a paragraph about each 

 of the following topics : 



His home in Kentucky. 



His boyhood. 



Lincoln as a man. 



Why we honor Lincoln, and some ways in which we honor 



him. 



And so he came. 



From prairie cabin up to Capitol, 

 One fair ideal led our chieftain on. 



From "Lincoln, the Man of the People" by Edwin Mark ham. 



