Abraham Lincoln

“We Grubbed, Plowed, Mowed, and Worked Together Barefooted in the Field”

Posted on October 21, 2015 Updated on May 16, 2018

How he contrived at the age of fourteen to absorb information is thus told by John Hanks: “When Abe and I returned to the house from work he would go to the cupboard, snatch a piece of corn bread, sit down, take a book, cock his legs up as high as his head, and read. We grubbed, plowed, mowed, and worked together barefooted in the field. Whenever Abe had a chance in the field while at work, or at the house, he would stop and read.” He kept the Bible and “sop’s Fables” always within reach, and read them over and over again.

By William H. Herndon，Jesse W. Weik “Herndon’s Lincoln: A True Story of a Great Life”