Abraham Lincoln loved to tell stories on himself. One of his favorites concerned itself with physical __1__.

In the days when Lincoln used to be on the circuit (traveling on horseback from one county court to another), he was once approached by a __2__ who said, “Excuse me, sir, but I have an article which __3__ to you.”

 “How is that?” Lincoln asked in __4__.

The stranger took a knife from his pocket. “This knife,” he said “was__5__in my hand some years ago, with the order that I was to keep it until I found a man __6__ than I am myself. I have __7__ that knife for many years. Now I pass it on to you.”