Excerpt from The Primary Plan Book The story of the black baby and the cruel wrong done his. People has prepared the children for the part Lincoln took in releasing them from slavery. It will give a meaning to the Proclamation of Emancipation, which may be told them in connection with the story of his manhood and life work. They will also be interested in knowing that he made Thanksgiving a national holiday. All this will be a help with the study of history later on, and in no other way do pupils get such an inspiration to do really noble deeds as when hearing true stories of g1 eat men. The story of Lincoln's life has been given in verse form by Lydia Avery Coonley in a Teachers' Aid entitled Lincoln and Washington. These verses may be read to the pupils, 01 placed on the blackboard to serve as reading lessons. After ward they may be memorized and recited as a part of the Lincoln program for the week's work. The story of Lincoln's life has been arranged in this book under the following heads: Introduction; Parents; Home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.