[15] Lamon, 32. But see Herndon, 13.
[16] N. and H. 23; Herndon, 5; but see Lamon, 10.
[17] For instance, see the pages of the first chapter of the Life by Arnold, a book which becomes excellent after the author has got free from the fancied necessities of creating an appropriate background for the origin and childhood of the hero. So, more briefly, Raymond, who gives no authority to support the faith which is in him.
[18] For description of him, see Lamon, 8, 9; Herndon, 11.
[19] Herndon, 19; Lamon, 16; Holland, 25.
[20] Herndon, 25-28; Lamon, 26-28.
[21] Herndon, 34-37, 41; Lamon, 34-36; Holland, 28.
[22] Mr. Herndon did this ill deed; 50-54. Lamon prefers to say that most of this literature is "too indecent for publication," 63.
[23] Thomas Lincoln died January 17, 1851.
[24] Herndon, 75, 76; Lamon, 82; Arnold, 30; N. and H. i. 72.