Excerpt from One Hundred Years: Abraham Lincoln Lincoln had met Douglas at the previous session of the legislature in 1834 - 35, the former being a member of the lower house and the latter being a candidate for the office of State's attorney, and to the sur prise oi _many, securing an election over John J. Hardin, an eminent-lawyer, by a vote of 38 to 34. The appearance of the Little Giant, who was not much over five feet high and who then weighed only about 100 pounds, was extremely amusing to Lincoln, who said he was the least man he ever saw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.