The stories of the legendary honesty of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, are many. Here are just a few versions.

"Abraham Lincoln was nicknamed Honest Abe because he walked three miles just to return six cents to someone."

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"People [in the New Salem area] recollected his honesty and kindness. In making change for a woman, while working in Offutt's store, he took out six and a quarter cents too much and at closing time, discovering his error, walked six miles to return the money.

On another occasion, after weighing out some tea, he found a four-ounce weight on the scales, and again walked several miles to correct his mistake. Such acts as these won him the nickname 'Honest Abe' (Benjamin Thomas , Lincoln's New Salem , p. 145)."

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"One day, while Lincoln was running the store, a man accidentally overpaid by four cents. The story is that Abraham Lincoln was so honest, that he closed the store and walked the four miles to that man's house to repay him that small amount..."

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These stories harken back to time when a man's word was his bond, where doing the right thing was the rule and the expectation, not the exception to be celebrated.

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