Excerpt from The Character and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United StatesThe child is ever father of the man. It is our pur pose to show, in this volume, how the inherent qual ities Of industry, honesty, perseverance, and cheerful devotion to duty, which characterized the pioneer boy, and were the means, under Providence, of his elevation to the presidency, have sustained him in that high Office, and enabled him to bear the nu equalled cares and responsibilities it entailed upon him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.