Excerpt from The Improvement Era, Vol. 37: February, 1934I liked the one of steps he took, Weary, patient, plodding steps For the sake of one lone book! Lincoln knew that books could be Ships to take him Where he willed A fount of knowledge in his thirst To read and learn. His young mind With ambition's eagerness.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.