Read these passages about Abraham Lincoln.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.–“1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County Times”[Lincoln’s] thirst for learning was not to be satisfied . . . . “There were no libraries and but few books in the back settlements in which Lincoln lived. If by chance he heard of a book that he had not read he would walk miles to borrow it.”–The Every-Day Life of Abraham Lincoln, Francis Fisher Browne
Answer
A
He learned enough from books that he no longer needed to go to school.
B
He felt pressured to educate himself by reading as much as possible.
C
He mostly taught himself by reading, because a formal education was unavailable.
D
He used what he learned from books to become a better student in school.