Lincoln's Speeches ReconsideredJHU Press, 3. 3. 2020 - Počet stran: 386 Originally published in 2005. Throughout the fractious years of the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln's speeches imparted reason and guidance to a troubled nation. Lincoln's words were never universally praised. But they resonated with fellow legislators and the public, especially when he spoke on such volatile subjects as mob rule, temperance, the Mexican War, slavery and its expansion, and the justice of a war for freedom and union. In this close examination, John Channing Briggs reveals how the process of studying, writing, and delivering speeches helped Lincoln develop the ideas with which he would so profoundly change history. Briggs follows Lincoln's thought process through a careful chronological reading of his oratory, ranging from Lincoln's 1838 speech to the Springfield Lyceum to his second inaugural address. Recalling David Herbert Donald's celebrated revisionist essays (Lincoln Reconsidered, 1947), Briggs's study provides students of Lincoln with new insight into his words, intentions, and image. |
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... president . Throughout his life he entwined them , in their changing forms , in order to inspire , enlighten , and temper a higher and more realistic understanding of the American founding and its promise . In their various qualities ...
... President Jackson's retirement , the young Illinois legislator and novice lawyer identified what he claimed to be a fundamental threat to the Founders ' achievement , a threat that lay hidden within the country's success . Despite ( and ...
... president who had threatened to use federal troops against a secessionist movement in South Carolina , mixed firm resolve and self - congratulation with a somber warning . He was not afraid to broach the subject of civil war : If the ...
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The Temperance Address | 58 |
The Speech on the War with Mexico | 82 |
The Eulogy for Henry Clay | 113 |
The KansasNebraska Speech | 134 |
The House Divided Speech | 164 |
The Milwaukee Address | 195 |
Thorough Farming and SelfGovernment | 221 |
The Cooper Union Address | 237 |
Presidential Eloquence and Political Religion | 257 |
The Farewell Address | 281 |
The First Inaugural the Gettysburg Address | 297 |
POSTSCRIPT The Letter to Mrs Bixby | 328 |
Index | 363 |