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Updated: June 26, 2025
In this rail-splitting manner did young Moncada announce his decisions, as if he held the secret explanation of all things tight between his fingers. Alzugaray seldom shared his friend's opinions; but in spite of this divergence they understood each other very well.
Every American may be presumed to be familiar with the external facts of Abraham Lincoln's early life, the rude cabin, the shiftless father, the dead mother's place filled by the tender step-mother; the brief schooling, the hungry reading of the few books by the fire-light; the hard farm-work, with a turn now of rail-splitting, now of flat-boating; the country sports and rough good-fellowship; the upward steps as store-clerk and lawyer.
He has never advanced a step, but is wood-cutting and rail-splitting in the bush, like a poor Savoyard. Still the traces of his education can be seen through the "jumper" shirt and moleskin trousers, in spite of rough ways and hard work. There are many ups and downs in gold-mining.
Abraham Lincoln was summoned in from his rail-splitting, which he had been pursuing quite leisurely during the Deacon's absence, and stirred to spasmodic energy under Maria's driving to cut an additional supply of dry wood, and carry it into every room in the house, where little Sammy Woggles, the orphan whom the Deacon and Mrs. Klegg were bringing up, built cheer-shedding fires. Mrs.
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