Read this passage from a biography about Abraham Lincoln. What main idea do these details convey? Lincoln made extraordinary efforts to attain knowledge while working on a farm, splitting rails for fences, and keeping store at New Salem, Illinois. He was a captain in the Black Hawk War, spent eight years in the Illinois legislature, and rode the circuit of courts for many years.
His law partner said of him, "His ambition was a little engine that knew no rest."
He was a hard worker.
He was not content with what he had.
He was a talented military leader.
He had no formal education.
