Best Lincoln
Best Lincoln stories, tersely told
作者：Gallaher, J. E. (James Ernst), 1858-
体例：题 章数：202
字数：132,099 来源：Project Gutenberg
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章节目录
共 202 题- Taken at Springfield in 1861. One of the very best.]
- PREFACE.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
- J. E. GALLAHER.
- CONTENTS.
- PAGE.
- Preface 7
- Lincoln’s Great Strength as a Boy 11
- Was Proud of His Strength 11
- Lincoln a Powerful Wrestler 12
- Lincoln Split 400 Rails for a Yard of Jeans 12
- Lincoln as a Verse Writer 14
- Lincoln as a Notion Peddler 15
- Lincoln Saved From Drowning 16
- Lincoln’s Youthful Eloquence 18
- One of Lincoln’s Songs 19
- Lincoln’s First Political Speech 20
- How Lincoln Became Known as “Honest Abe” 21
- Lincoln Was an “Obliging” Man 22
- How Lincoln Paid a Large Debt 23
- His First Sight of Slavery 23
- Lincoln and Jeff Davis in the Black Hawk War 24
- Lincoln’s Glowing Tribute to His Mother 25
- What Lincoln’s Step-Mother Said of Him 26
- Lincoln’s First Love 26
- The Duel Lincoln Didn’t Fight 28
- Lincoln as a Dancer 29
- Lincoln’s Courtship and Marriage 29
- Lincoln’s Personal Appearance 31
- Lincoln’s Mother 32
- Lincoln’s Melancholia 34
- Lincoln’s Height 36
- How Lincoln Became a Lawyer 36
- Lincoln as a Lawyer 37
- Lincoln’s Conscientiousness in Taking Cases 38
- The Jury Understood 39
- Lincoln’s Honesty with a Lady Client 39
- Lincoln Wins a Celebrated Case 40
- Lincoln’s “Selfishness” 41
- Lincoln Removes a License on Theatres 42
- How Lincoln Got the Worst of a Horse Trade 43
- Lincoln Helped Him to Win 44
- Lincoln’s Joke on Douglas 49
- Lincoln Shrewdly Traps Douglas 50
- Lincoln’s Fairness in Debate 52
- Making Lincoln Presentable 55
- Evidence of Lincoln’s Religious Belief 56
- Lincoln a Temperance Man 57
- Lincoln’s Famous Gettysburg Address 57
- The Gettysburg Address 59
- Lincoln as a Ruler 60
- Lincoln’s Real Object in Conducting the War 61
- Lincoln Asked for Some of Grant’s Whisky 62
- Lincoln Believed Himself Ugly 62
- Lincoln’s Kindness to a Disabled Soldier 63
- A Sample of Lincoln’s Statesmanship 64
- Two Good Stories 65
- Lincoln and the Dying Soldier Boy 66
- The Dandy, the Bugs and the President 67
- Lincoln Upheld the Hands of Gen. Grant 68
- Why Lincoln Told Stories 69
- Lincoln a Merciful Man 71
- How Lincoln Answered a Delicate Question 73
- Lincoln Illustrates a Case Humorously 74
- Why Lincoln Mistook a Driver to be an Episcopalian 74
- A Clergyman Who Talked But Little 75
- How Lincoln Received a Jackknife as a Present 75
- The Best Car For His Corpse 76
- His Title Did Not Help Any 77
- One of Lincoln’s Autographs 77
- Lincoln’s Substitute 77
- Lincoln’s Query Puzzled the Man 78
- Lincoln’s Inauguration 79
- John Sherman’s First Meeting with Lincoln 80
- Lincoln and the Sentinel 81
- Origin of “With Malice Toward None,” Etc. 82
- His Good Memory of Names 82
- Three Stories of Lincoln by Senator Palmer 84
- His Famous Second Inaugural Address 87
- Lincoln Said Even a Rebel Could be Saved 88
- Washington and Lincoln Compared 89
- Lincoln Remembered Him 91
- Why Lincoln Pardoned Them 92
- The Lincoln Portraits 96
- Lincoln’s Faith in Providence 97
- Lincoln’s Last Words 99
- A Chicagoan Who Saw Lincoln Shot 101
- Martyred Lincoln’s Blood 104
- Where is the Original Emancipation Proclamation 106
- Mr. Griffiths on Lincoln 107
- A Famous Chicago Lawyer’s Views 107
- Lincoln Was Plain but Great 109
- Lincoln’s Specific Life Work 110
- The Proposed Purchase of the Slaves 111
- Senator Thurston’s Speech 112
- Lincoln Analyzed 116
- The Religion of the Presidents 121
- BEST LINCOLN STORIES TERSELY TOLD.
- LINCOLN’S GREAT STRENGTH AS A BOY.
- WAS PROUD OF HIS STRENGTH.
- LINCOLN A POWERFUL WRESTLER.
- LINCOLN SPLIT 400 RAILS FOR A YARD OF BROWN JEANS.
- LINCOLN AS A VERSE WRITER.
- LINCOLN’S QUICK WIT IN HELPING A GIRL TO SPELL A WORD.
- LINCOLN AS A NOTION PEDDLER.
- LINCOLN SAVED FROM DROWNING.
- LINCOLN’S YOUTHFUL ELOQUENCE.
- ONE OF LINCOLN’S SONGS.
- LINCOLN’S FIRST POLITICAL SPEECH.
- HOW LINCOLN BECAME KNOWN AS “HONEST ABE.”
- LINCOLN WAS AN “OBLIGING” MAN.
- HOW LINCOLN PAID A LARGE DEBT.
- HIS FIRST SIGHT OF SLAVERY.
- LINCOLN AND DAVIS IN THE BLACK HAWK WAR.
- LINCOLN’S GLOWING TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER.
- WHAT LINCOLN’S STEP-MOTHER SAID OF HIM.
- LINCOLN’S FIRST LOVE.
- THE DUEL LINCOLN DIDN’T FIGHT.
- LINCOLN AS A DANCER.
- LINCOLN’S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE.
- LINCOLN’S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
- LINCOLNS’ MOTHER.
- LINCOLN’S MELANCHOLIA.
- LINCOLN’S HEIGHT.
- HOW LINCOLN BECAME A LAWYER.
- LINCOLN AS A LAWYER.
- LINCOLN’S CONSCIENTIOUSNESS IN TAKING CASES.
- THE JURY UNDERSTOOD.
- LINCOLN’S HONESTY WITH A LADY CLIENT.
- LINCOLN WINS A CELEBRATED CASE.
- LINCOLN’S “SELFISHNESS.”
- LINCOLN REMOVES A LICENSE ON THEATRES.
- HOW LINCOLN GOT THE WORST OF A HORSE TRADE.
- LINCOLN HELPED HIM TO WIN.
- LINCOLN SETTLES A QUARREL WITHOUT GOING TO LAW.
- A LINCOLN STORY ABOUT LITTLE DAN WEBSTER’S SOILED HANDS.
- LINCOLN’S LONG LIMBS DRIVE A MAN OUT OF HIS BERTH.
- LINCOLN’S JOKE ON DOUGLAS.
- LINCOLN SHREWDLY TRAPS DOUGLAS.
- LINCOLN’S FAIRNESS IN DEBATE.
- LINCOLN ASKED HIS FRIEND’S HELP FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
- MAKING LINCOLN PRESENTABLE.
- EVIDENCE OF LINCOLN’S RELIGIOUS BELIEF.
- LINCOLN A TEMPERANCE MAN.
- LINCOLN’S FAMOUS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
- THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.
- LINCOLN AS A RULER.
- 1. Lincoln was the wisest ruler of this or any other age.
- 2. He had the firmness of the everlasting hills.
- LINCOLN’S REAL OBJECT IN CONDUCTING THE WAR.
- LINCOLN ASKED FOR SOME OF GRANT’S WHISKY.
- LINCOLN BELIEVED HIMSELF UGLY.
- LINCOLN’S KINDNESS TO A DISABLED SOLDIER.
- A SAMPLE OF LINCOLN’S STATESMANSHIP.
- TWO GOOD STORIES.
- LINCOLN RAISES A WARNING VOICE AGAINST THE CONCENTRATION OF GREAT WEALTH.
- LINCOLN AND THE DYING SOLDIER BOY.
- THE DANDY, THE BUGS AND THE PRESIDENT.
- LINCOLN UPHELD THE HANDS OF GENERAL GRANT.
- WHY LINCOLN TOLD STORIES.
- LINCOLN REWARDS A MAN FOR KINDNESS THIRTY YEARS AFTER THE OCCURRENCE.
- LINCOLN A MERCIFUL MAN.
- LINCOLN’S HUMOROUS ADVICE TO A DISTINGUISHED BACHELOR.
- HOW LINCOLN ANSWERED A DELICATE QUESTION.
- LINCOLN ILLUSTRATES A CASE HUMOROUSLY.
- WHY LINCOLN MISTOOK A DRIVER TO BE AN EPISCOPALIAN.
- A CLERGYMAN WHO TALKED BUT LITTLE.
- HOW LINCOLN RECEIVED A JACKKNIFE AS A PRESENT.
- THE BEST CAR FOR HIS CORPSE.
- HIS TITLE DID HOT HELP ANY.
- ONE OF MR. LINCOLN’S AUTOGRAPHS.
- LINCOLN’S SUBSTITUTE.
- LINCOLN’S ESTIMATE OF THE FINANCIAL STANDING OF A NEIGHBOR.
- LINCOLN’S QUERY PUZZLED THE MAN.
- LINCOLN’S INAUGURATION.
- JOHN SHERMAN’S FIRST MEETING WITH LINCOLN.
- LINCOLN AND THE SENTINEL.
- ORIGIN OF “WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, ETC.”
- HIS GOOD MEMORY OF NAMES.
- LINCOLN’S GRIEF OVER THE DEFEAT OF THE UNION ARMY.
- THREE STORIES OF LINCOLN BY SENATOR PALMER.
- HIS FAMOUS SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
- LINCOLN SAID EVEN A REBEL COULD BE SAVED.
- WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COMPARED.
- LINCOLN REMEMBERED HIM.
- WHY LINCOLN PARDONED THEM.
- THE LINCOLN PORTRAITS.
- LINCOLN’S FAITH IN PROVIDENCE.
- LINCOLN’S LAST WORDS.
- A CHICAGOAN WHO SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
- MARTYRED LINCOLN’S BLOOD.
- A STRANGE COINCIDENCE IN THE LIVES OF LINCOLN AND HIS SLAYER.
- WHERE IS THE ORIGINAL EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
- MR. GRIFFITHS ON LINCOLN.
- A FAMOUS CHICAGO LAWYER’S VIEWS.
- LINCOLN WAS PLAIN BUT GREAT.
- LINCOLN’S SPECIFIC LIFE WORK.
- THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE SLAVES.
- SENATOR THURSTON’S SPEECH.
- LINCOLN ANALYZED.
- THE RELIGION OF THE PRESIDENTS.
- Transcriber’s Note