 There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. "Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.  The School Journal - Página 1051911Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Carroll Power - 1876 - 820 páginas
...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. Therewas absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of...could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, hut that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of... | |
 | William C. Roberts - 1884 - 264 páginas
...a wild region, with few educational advantages. He once wrote of himself, that on coming of age ' ' somehow I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all." All that he afterward acquired he "picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity." Farm... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 482 páginas
...Bear Grass in the neighborhood, he was looked upon aa a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when i came of...store of education, i have picked up from time to t lme under the pressure of necessity. i was raised to farm work, which i continned till i was twenty-two.... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 páginas
...Bear Grass in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when i came of age i did not know much. Still somehow. 1 could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, bnt that was all. i have not heen to school since.... | |
 | Phillips Exeter Academy - 1887 - 246 páginas
...Lincoln said of himself : " When I came of age I did not know much. The little advance that I now (1859) have upon this store of education I have picked up...from time to time under the pressure of necessity." Without the aid of masters and professors the disadvantages under which one labors in getting an education... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 páginas
...neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for an education. Of course, when I came of age, I did not know much; still, somehow, I could read and write and cipher to the rule of three, and that was all. I have not been to school since. The little... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893 - 672 páginas
...supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood he was looked upon as a wizard. * * * Of course, when I came of age I did not know much....and cipher to the rule of three. But that was all. * * * The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 72 páginas
...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age...time under the pressure of necessity. I was raised to farm-work, which I continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois, and passed the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 432 páginas
...supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood he was looked upon as a wizard. . . . Of course, when I came of age I did not know much....and cipher to the rule of three. But that was all. . . . The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time... | |
 | David Decamp Thompson - 1894 - 248 páginas
...sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of...not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, *.xi^cd•w -^^v j ' f &aa •-, v *&*•>*•' a . a M^^MfMtVl f\ » A^tx^u^x G^ryA. ** 4JeJC - '... | |
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