TIIL GEIWSWQG ADDI?LSS Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on thiS contlnent a new natIOn, liberty dedicated tO the proposition that all men are created equal. NOW 、 are engaged in a great civil war, testing 、 Mhether that natl()n or any nation SO conceived and so dedicated can long endure. ・ " are met on a great battle- field of that war. have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. lt is altogether fltting and proper that we should do this. But in a larger sense, 、 cannot dedicate, 、 cannot consecrate, 、 cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember 、 vhat we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. lt is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. lt is rather for us tO be here dedicated tO the great task remaining before us—that 0n1 these honored dead 、 take increased devotion tO that cause for 、 vhich they gave the last んⅡ measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish 伝 om the earth. 101

E スー 0 02 R00 を L びゞ LOFT His father, Thomas Lincoln, was hardworking and quiet, and famous for his honesty. He'd had little schooling—Just enough to sign his name. Abraham's mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, was intelligent and curious. She could read a little, but couldn't write at all. を′

sometlmes a man meant tO be brave but just had cowardly legs" that made him run away 伝 om battle. Lincoln's openness to ordinary people earned him their loyalty, even 、 Mhen the 、 seemed endless. They called him "Father Abraham. ' Lincoln's sympathy with other parents was strengthened by his own loss. ln 1862 ,

Chapter 2 The Wider World Abraham Lincoln knew he didn't want to be a farmer like his father. But he didn't know what he did want to do. So when he was twenty-one, he decided to leave home and find out. - ・ぐフーっ つ、つ He was hired to help sail flatboats loaded with supplies down the Sangamon River. One time, the 13

than to his own father. Because of Sarah, Abraham remembered his childhood as a happy time ・ With so much 、 Mork to do, there 、 vasn t much time for schooling. Anyway, out in the wilderness there weren t many schools. ln Kentucky, Abraham had gone to an "A, B, C school," where he had learned the alphabet, but not how to read or 宀 ~ ーーいま 一三

ー三 第三 : こ 当ーート 嚇一 彡彡 eleven-year-old Willie Lincoln died of typhoid fever. His death was terribly hard on both parents. Of all their sons, Willie had been most like his father. Mary fell apart after WiIIie's death. She couldn't believe he was really gone. She began to hold séances, hoping the spirits of both her dead sons—little Eddie and Willie—would visit her. A lot of people inWashington had never liked 64

LINCOLN'S D00kS MOST OF THE 600K9 ABRAHAM 凵 N00 し N REAV AS A CH ルク WERE ONES 翩 9 STEPMOTHER, SARAH, BROUGHT WITH HER WHEN SHE MARRIEP 翩 9 FATHER. THERE WAS THE 6 旧し E ′ OF COURSE ′ AN ワ A し 90 AESOP ′ 9 FAB し ES. HE し OVE ワ THESE FAB し ES ′ WHICH TAUGHT HIM HOW TO IÅSE FUNNY LITTLE STOR に 9 TO MAKE IMPORTANT POINTS. HE MEMORIZEP PASSAGES FROM SHAKESPEAR E, ANP 00u しワ ST ルし RECITE THEM WHEN HE WAS PRESIVENT. ANOTHER FAVORITE 600K WAS A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. AS A CH ルの THOUGH, 凵 N00 し N 00u しワ N ′ T HAVE KNOWN THAT SOMEPAY HE Ⅳ ou しワ BE 0029 ーワ ERE ワ JUST AS GREAT A PRESIPENT! 2

below. His twelve-year-old son, Tad, was at his feet, collecting the pages of the speech as the president dropped them to A man in the the floor. Someone ans 、 Mered, "Hang them! " the rebels? ” "What shall we do with audience called out, / ・ 2 back into his friends. a remarkable 1 れ an. He hoped tO turn hiS enenues revenge. LinCOIn 、 a remarkable president and 、 Mere part Of the Union. He wasn t interested in 、 htanted tO make them feel that once again they hang on to the defeated Southern states. He than anyone else. President Lincoln 、 Manted tO Sometimes Tad understood his father better up. 'NO, we must hang 0 〃 tO them. Before the president could answer, Tad piped

sentenced him to death. Then they ran to their father, lnterruptlng a meetlng, and asked him to pardon Jack. Lincoln listened gravely tO their case. Then he wrote out an official pardon on White House statlonery. Later, Tad also got Lincoln to free a turkey that 、 vas being fattened for Christmas dinner. Tad wanted to keep it as a pet. ()e named the turkey Jack, too. ) Lincoln didn't mind these interruptions. ln fact, he needed them. ln the middle of this terrible war and with all his worrres, Tad and Willie could make him smile. His sons 、 veren't the only people interrupting Lincoln. Almost anyone who waited long enough outside his Office 、 lnvited in. MOSt came tO ask for favors. For example, they hoped Lincoln would find a government J0b for them. Sometrmes 61

旧旧 ー 8 ー 9 旧引 旧 54 旧 3 乙 旧 42 旧 4 乙 旧 5 乙 旧 58 旧乙 0 旧乙 2 旧乙 5 旧乙 4 旧乙 5 AP12AllAM LINCOLN'S LIVL Abraham LincoIn is born February 12 Nancy Hanks, his mother, dies Lincoln's father marries Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln moves to New Salem, lllinois Elected to the lllinois General Assembly Receives hiS law license Marries Mary Todd in Springfield, lllinois Elected [ 0 the U. S. House of Representatives Helps organize the new Republican Party Debates Stephen Douglas Elected sixteenth president of the United States; Southern states begin tO secede from the Union CiviI War begins LinCOln issues the EmanC1pation ProcIamat10n Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address Lincoln iS reelected president General Robert E. Lee surrenders, ending the CiviI War; John WiIkes Booth shoots and kills Lincoln 102