林肯敢想，他有更大的梦想！他喜欢莎士比亚，伯恩斯

At times he dared to think that perhaps he too, the unschooled son of illiterate Tom Lincoln, might be fitted for finer things. Perhaps it would not be necessary for him to go on forever selling groceries or working as a blacksmith.有时他敢想，也许他这个没受过教育、父亲是文盲的汤姆·林肯的儿子，也可以成就一番事业。也许他不必永远卖杂货或当铁匠。From that time on Burns and Shakespeare were his favorite authors. He read more of Shakespeare than of all other authors put together, and this reading left its imprint upon his style. Even after he reached the White House, when the burdens and worries of the Civil War were chiseling deep furrows in his face, he devoted much time to Shakespeare. Busy as he was, he discussed the plays withShakespearian authorities, and carried on a correspondence r