WHY ELSE THIS MIRACLE?
On the front porch of his little country store in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln and his partner Berry stood. Business was just all gone, and Berry asked, “How much longer do you think we can keep going?” Lincoln answered, “It looks like our business has about winked out.” And then he continued, “You know I wouldn’t mind so much if I could just do what I want to do. I want to study law. I wouldn’t mind so much if we could sell everything we’ve got and pay all our bills and have just enough left over to buy one book, Blackstone’s Commentary on English law, but I guess I can’t.” A strange looking wagon was coming up the road. The driver drove it up close to the store porch, and the man looked up at Abraham Lincoln and said, “I am trying to move my family West and I’m out of money. I’ve got a good barrel on here that…
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