True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 130
LINCOLN, THE WRESTLER. ABRAHAM LINCOLN J3i at this work, he was so strong. With one blow he could justbury the axe in the wood. Once he split enough rails for awoman to pay for a suit of clothes she made for him, and all thefarmers round liked to have Abe Lincoln, as they calledhim, split their… … LINCOLN, AS HIRED MAN, TELLING A STCRY, hold it out straight from his shoulder. That is something thatonly a very strong-armed person can do. In fact, as I havetold you, he was the champion strong-boy of his neighborhood,and, though he was never quarrelsome or a fighter, he didenjoy a friendly…
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