Abraham Lincoln
Review – 1909 HEART OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by WAYNE WHIPPLE
The Heart Of Abraham Lincoln
A lot of stories are about Lincoln but none show or tell us about young Abe. He once took on a group of boys who were being cruel to a turtle by putting hot coals on its back. His kindness for the weakest among us showed up early in his youth. Most people believe that his father Thomas Lincoln was ashamed that Abe was sensitive and liked books, storytelling, and poetry, considering such interests “soft.” This book shows us a different Lincoln written only 45 years after his death.
Excerpt From The Book:
“ He was always the champion of the helpless, no matter how humble the object of any ill-treatment might be. One day he came and caught a group of mischievous boys putting live coals on a poor mud-turtle’s back. The lads, and several girl friends, laughed to see the turtle moving slowly and aimlessly about in its surprise and misery. When Abe Lincoln saw what was going on he dashed into the group in a frenzy of wrath, snatched the shingle from the ringleader’s hand, dashed the burning coals off the poor turtle’s back, then began beating the boys with the thin board. When he had scattered them right and left, according to one of the girls who witnessed the sudden scene, “he preached against such cruelty” and, with angry tears in his deep gray eyes, told the snickering offenders that a terrapin’s or “an ant’s life is as sweet to it as ours is to us “.
Young Abe Lincoln was the champion of the underdog, he grew into a man and the 16th President of the United States of America. As a boy, he freed the turtle; as a man, he freed the slaves. Lincoln was quoted as saying:
” If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.”
Lincoln always had a long standing opposition to slavery. That position cost him his life. In abolishing slavery, he paved the way for bringing about the change. Today President Obama is a living example of how far we have come.
About the Author
I’ve been in the information technology industry for the last 25 years. Mostly as an application developer. Just to date myself I started using Visual Basic ver 1.0 for DOS when it first came out…. (Ok Geek Alert ). I love collecting old newspapers, Life Magazines and Movie Posters from the past. My E-bay fav is or http://www.papermemoriesplus.net or http://stores.ebay.com/rands1498allstar
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