Frank Gerard - Abraham Lincoln character voice and Narrator
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM) North American (US Midwest- Chicago, Great Lakes) North American (US South)Transcript
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one of the most humorous incidents of Lincoln School years was a story he would later use as president to refer to three cantankerous congressman in school. It was customary for students to take turns reading out loud from the Bible. On one occasion, the class read the story of Nebuchadnezzar and the Golden Image from the third chapter of Daniel Verse 12 which contains the names Shad, Rack, Me Shack and a bed Niko. The Israel ites who were thrown into the fiery furnace, fell to an undersized boy called Bud, who had not progressed very far in the art of reading. These names appear repeatedly throughout the chapter. In recounting his recollections of buds ordeal, Lincoln said Little Bud stumbled on Shadrack, floundered on me shack and went altarpieces on Abed Nego. Instantly, the hand of the master dealt him a cuff on the side of the head and left him wailing and blubbering as the next boy in line took up the reading. But before the girl at the end of the line had done reading, he had subsided into sniffles and finally became quiet. His blunder and disgrace were for gotten by the others of the class until his turn was approaching to read again. Then, like a thunderclap out of a clear sky, he sent up a whale, which even alarmed the master, who, with rather unusual gentleness, inquired What's the matter now, pointing with a shaking finger at the verse that a few moments later would fall to him to read but managed to Cueva out an answer. Look there, Marsters er, he cried. There comes them. Same damn three fellers again. At Crawford's Blab School, Abe and his sister used a textbook that they had brought with them from Kentucky. In addition of deal Worth spelling book through this book, they learned about Roman and Arabic numerals and letters. Many of the lessons were taken from the Psalms and Proverbs of the Bible, and it included the familiar Children's prayer. Now I lay me down to sleep. Abe Stepmother recall that Abe read all the books he could get his hands on. These included The Arabian Nights, a Sips Fables, Pilgrim's Progress, Mason Williams Life of Washington school books such as the Kentucky Precept ER and, of course, the Bible. As a farmer's son, Abe couldn't spend a lot of time reading one of Abe's routine shores as a youth was to go to the local grain mill to grind corn. On one occasion, after arriving at the mill, he hooked up their old mayor to the arm of the corn grinder and began urging her along. Having previously complained that his dog could eat the meal as fast as the horse could grind it, he decided that to speed the mayor up, he would occasionally prod her with. Get up you old Husi and apply a switch. The mayor evidently grew tired of this routine in the midst of Abe's admonishment. After he said Get up, she gave him a swift kick to the forehead. The owner of the mill hurried in, picked up the senseless boy and sent for Abe's father, ably unconscious all night, and he was apparently killed for a time. The next day, he started to regain consciousness. His frame jerked for an instant, and he awoke, blurting out the words you wrote Husi. Being people of faith, Thomas and Sarah Lincoln became members of the Little Pigeon Creek Baptist Church. This was a hard shell or primitive Baptist church whose beliefs were very conservative, and Calvinistic Abe attended church with his parents and held the position of Sexton responsible for maintenance of the church building. Abe loved sitting in the room when adults were talking and would listen attentively to everything they said. His stepmother recall that after everyone left, he would pepper his parents with questions, wanting to understand everything they had talked about. Abe would one day say that the only thing that ever made him angry was when an adult talk to him in such a way that he couldn't understand what they meant. Abe had an opportunity to attend school again when he was about 12 years old, and then again at 15. His sense of humor started showing up at this age, as a few surviving pages of one of his copy books demonstrate Abraham Lincoln, his hand and pen. He will be good, but God knows when an Abraham Lincoln is my name and with my pen I wrote the same I wrote in both haste and speed and left it here for fools to read
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Characters, Impressions, Narrator, Politician, Storyteller, Amusing, Animated, Authoritative, Commanding, Endearing, Humorous, Inspirational, Motivational, Strong, Whimsical, North American (General), North American (US General American - GenAM), North American (US Midwest- Chicago, Great Lakes), North American (US South)