Read these passages about Abraham Lincoln.
Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three; but that was all. I have not been to school since. The little advance I now have upon this store of education. I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.
–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”
[Lincoln’s] thirst for learning was not to be satisfied . . . . “There were no libraries and but few books in the back settlements in which Lincoln lived. If by chance he heard of a book that he had not read he would walk miles to borrow it.”
–The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, Francis Fisher Browne
What do these two sources help readers understand about Lincoln?
He learned enough from books that he no longer needed to go to school.
He felt pressured to educate himself by reading as much as possible.
He mostly taught himself by reading, because a formal education was unavailable.
He used what he learned from books to become a better student in school.
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