Honest “Abe” Lincoln – Honesty Story #13
February 12th, 2007
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, so I thought it would be appropriate to tell an honesty story about this great President. As a quick history brush-up, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Years later (1861), he would become the 16th President of The United States of America. One of the greatest achievements of his presidency was the abolishment of slavery through the Emancipation Proclamation in 1963.
When I was in middle-school, I heard an inspiring story about Honest “Abe” that to this day I still remember. I am sure several of you also heard this story in school. The story took place during Abraham Lincoln’s early-teenage years while he was working as a store clerk. It is said that he accidentally overcharged a customer a few extra cents because the scale was not working properly. When he realized the mistake, it was too late, and the customer had already left. He knew the right thing was to return the cents to the customer, so he decided to close the store and go find the customer. At that time, he couldn’t just jump into a car and drive over there like are able to do today. Instead, it is said that Abraham Lincoln walked several miles to the customer’s house and returned those cents.
We can all draw inspiration from the honesty of this young-store clerk that would later become one of the greatest Presidents of The United States of America. He truly was a man of principle, whose honesty and good deeds were evident in his actions.
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1. hoko | December 19th, 2008 at 2:04 am
wow i didnt know he was honest like that
2. hm | February 21st, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Abe lincoln was involved in the abolishment of slavery, yet he did not ewlease his own personal slaves. Hmmm. What do you have to say to that?Not very honest to me.
3. helen | September 23rd, 2009 at 8:35 pm
WOW HE’S really honest
4. Sam | November 9th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
The emancipation proclamation didn’t free any slaves. It was an empty command given during the Civil War that was made to give the war a moral edge. Slaves were indeed freed but not until after the war.
5. sami | November 16th, 2009 at 3:58 am
he’s great
and i try to not say false at any time
i want to be a famous person like them who do follow the true policy
thanks stay blessed
6. roxy:) | November 18th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
he was such a great person i cant believe they killed him
i hope the people that didnt like him and tried to kill him feel bad or at least have a miserable life and feel ashamed of themselves even if they are dead
7. puskal thapa | October 26th, 2011 at 2:42 am
nice &honest man
8. Harby iskandar | December 12th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
It is the first time for me to hear about Abraham Lincoln’s but this story very exciting he was realy honest man
9. Tea | February 13th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
No Abe did not own slaves, Washington & Jefferson did.
As a child his family attended a Baptist church that did not believe in drinking,dancing, & slavery. His wife’s family were slave owners & when they married she had to take care of their household without slaves.
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