Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and WritingsBasler has gone through the body of Lincoln utterance and his selections from it in a very peculiar time, a global war time and that war interwoven with many civil wars, a war in which the American Union of States issued as a colossal and decisive force among world powers. What have we to learn from Lincoln in this time when unprecedented and incalculable forces are to operate on our future, when the mind of man and his will and vision must meet the challenge of what is termed AA1, the Year One of the Atomic Age, when we hear the oft-recurring question, "What would Lincoln do now?" And now comes Mr. Basler to lay before you the best writings and speeches of Lincoln for you to find what of Lincoln is usable for these terrific history-shaping years. As a writer and speaker Lincoln had several styles and used them according to what events and occasions demanded. Plain talk, blunt and utterly lucid statements, these are to be found in plenty throughout his writings and speeches. Then again you may find him employing a prose that is cadenced, sonorous, masterly and having its relation to certain masterpieces of literature that had become part of him. - Preface. |
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... answer the interrogatories I proposed , as before men- tioned , or some other similar ones . Let him answer fully , fairly , and candidly . Let him answer with facts , and not with arguments . Let him remember he sits where Washington ...
... answer the interrogatories I proposed , as before men- tioned , or some other similar ones . Let him answer fully , fairly , and candidly . Let him answer with facts , and not with arguments . Let him remember he sits where Washington ...
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... answer whether he stands pledged to - day , as he did in 1854 , against the admis- sion of any more Slave States into the Union , even if the people want them . I want to know whether he stands pledged against the admission of a new ...
... answer whether he stands pledged to - day , as he did in 1854 , against the admis- sion of any more Slave States into the Union , even if the people want them . I want to know whether he stands pledged against the admission of a new ...
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... answer ? ” ] He is afraid to answer it . He knows I will trot him down to Egypt . I intend to make him answer there , or I will show the people of Illinois that he does not intend to answer these questions . The Convention to which I ...
... answer ? ” ] He is afraid to answer it . He knows I will trot him down to Egypt . I intend to make him answer there , or I will show the people of Illinois that he does not intend to answer these questions . The Convention to which I ...
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LINCOLNS DEVELOPMENT AS A WRITER | 1 |
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Copyright | |
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