There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond "readin', writin', and cipherin' " to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. 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.


Autobiographical Sketch Written for Jesse W. Fell (1859)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond readin', writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three....

There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond readin', writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three....

There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond readin', writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three....

There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond readin', writin', and cipherin' to the rule of three....