...life. " It can all be condensed," he replied, " into a single sentence, and that sentence you will find in Gray's ' Elegy ': " ' The short and simple annals of the poor.' " ' His school education was meagre, his business ventures unprofitable. He neglected his shop to read Shakespeare...

...life for a biographical article, Lincoln replied that it could all be summed up in one sentence found in Gray's Elegy, — " The short and simple annals of the poor." His mind was early attracted to national politics. Though wanting in the training of the schools, the strength...

...life for a biographical article, Lincoln replied that it could all be summed up in one sentence found in Gray's Elegy, — " The short and simple annals of the poor." His mind was early attracted to national politics. Though wanting in the training of the schools, the strength...

...life. "It can all be condensed," he replied, " into a single sentence, and that sentence you will find in Gray's ' Elegy ': " ' The short and simple annals of the poor.' " His school education was meagre, his business ventures unprofitable. He neglected his shop to read Shakespeare...

...Lincoln once said, " It can all be condensed into a single sentence and that sentence you will find in Gray's ' Elegy,' ' The short and simple annals of the poor.' " His father, Thomas Lincoln, was a roving, shiftless, man, a carpenter by trade; after his marriage his...

...great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life. It can all be condensed into a single sentence ... in Gray's Elegy: The short and simple annals of the poor.' That's my life, and that's all you or any one else can make of it." Lincoln nevertheless acceded...