Franklin D.Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln: Competing Perspectives on Two Great PresidenciesAbraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt are widely considered the two greatest presidents of the past two centuries. How did these two very different men rise to power, run their administrations, and achieve greatness? How did they set their policies, rally public opinion, and transform the nation? Were they ultimately more different or alike? This anthology compares these two presidents and presidencies, examining their legacies, leadership styles, and places in history. |
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... Gettysburg Address, enough to cause the young man to withdraw from the course after a few weeks. They could not agree on the way Lincoln delivered his famous address at Gettysburg that November day in 1863. FDR slouched to the rostrum ...
... Gettysburg Address, enough to cause the young man to withdraw from the course after a few weeks. They could not agree on the way Lincoln delivered his famous address at Gettysburg that November day in 1863. FDR slouched to the rostrum ...
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... Gettysburg Address," a conviction he had held as a young Harvard student who left a professor's oratorical class many years before. And then he referred to the impact of the Bible on Lincoln personally. He wrote, "Speaking of its place ...
... Gettysburg Address," a conviction he had held as a young Harvard student who left a professor's oratorical class many years before. And then he referred to the impact of the Bible on Lincoln personally. He wrote, "Speaking of its place ...
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... 31 President Roosevelt dedicated the Gettysburg Eternal Light Peace Memorial as the "shrine of American patriotism" on July 3, 1938, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle. A perpetual flame lights the FDR's Abraham Lincoln 23.
... 31 President Roosevelt dedicated the Gettysburg Eternal Light Peace Memorial as the "shrine of American patriotism" on July 3, 1938, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle. A perpetual flame lights the FDR's Abraham Lincoln 23.
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... Gettysburg seventy-five years before that continued as the issue before the nation, and would do so "as long as we cling to the purposes for which the Nation was founded—to preserve under the changing conditions of each generation a ...
... Gettysburg seventy-five years before that continued as the issue before the nation, and would do so "as long as we cling to the purposes for which the Nation was founded—to preserve under the changing conditions of each generation a ...
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Contents
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Comparative Political Leadership | 153 |
Teaching a Legacy | 213 |
Chronology | 247 |
Biographical Digest | 258 |
Selected Bibliography | 271 |
List of Contributors | 280 |
Index | 281 |
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