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 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 Jeff 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 -- Lincoln's mother -- Lincoln's melancholia -- Lincoln's height -- How Lincoln became a lawyer -- Lincoln as a lawyer -- Lincoln's consciousness 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 -- 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 concentrati