By age 17, Abraham Lincoln stood 6'4" and weighed about 160 pounds. He was an avid reader and never missed a chance to do so, regardless of the subject. He was interested in essentially everything. He was also a great joke teller which is why people liked to hear him talk.
Anne Rutledge was his first and only love. The public did not know this fact until Herndon wrote about it in his book.
One of the reasons Herndon had problems with Mary Todd Lincoln was that he had once been so impressed with her dancing that he told her that she danced like a serpent. This was a big compliment in his mind, nut Mary Todd took it differently and was greatly offended. Best not to get on Mary's bad side.
Dancing With the Serpent. --Old Secesh
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