The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches
Lincoln's words ring with great rigor, clarity, and simplicity when compared to most of today's political utterances. Here we read his witty testimonial for a brand of soap, his sharp commentaries in the "rat hole" letter to a New York firm, his family correspondence to a spendthrift brother, and letters to a bereaved daughter, an angry general, and many humorous and satirical responses to political challenges--as well as those great moments of wisdom in his speeches and letters during the critical times in his career and in America's history. |
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... John D. Johnston To Judge Stephen T. Logan 21 To C. U. Schlater To Abraham Bale 25 26 To R. P. Morgan Notes For a Law Lecture To John D. Johnston To L. M. Hays Fragment To Joseph Gillespie To W. H. Henderson To Joshua F. Speed 27 29 33 ...
... John D. Johnston To Judge Stephen T. Logan 21 To C. U. Schlater To Abraham Bale 25 26 To R. P. Morgan Notes For a Law Lecture To John D. Johnston To L. M. Hays Fragment To Joseph Gillespie To W. H. Henderson To Joshua F. Speed 27 29 33 ...
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... Gustavus V. Fox 108 To Colonel Ellsworth's Parents 110 To Major Ramsey 112 To Edwin M. Stanton 113 To Major - General Hunter 114 To Edwin M. Stanton 118 To George B. McClellan 120 To John W. Crisfield To William H. Seward To Reverdy [ vi ]
... Gustavus V. Fox 108 To Colonel Ellsworth's Parents 110 To Major Ramsey 112 To Edwin M. Stanton 113 To Major - General Hunter 114 To Edwin M. Stanton 118 To George B. McClellan 120 To John W. Crisfield To William H. Seward To Reverdy [ vi ]
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... John A. Andrew 149 To the Army of the Potomac 150 To Fanny McCullough 152 Final Emancipation Proclamation 154 To General Samuel R. Curtis 159 To " Fighting Joe " Hooker 162 To Governor Horatio Seymour 165 Telegram to " Fighting Joe ...
... John A. Andrew 149 To the Army of the Potomac 150 To Fanny McCullough 152 Final Emancipation Proclamation 154 To General Samuel R. Curtis 159 To " Fighting Joe " Hooker 162 To Governor Horatio Seymour 165 Telegram to " Fighting Joe ...
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... John Phillips 248 Response to Serenade 250 To William Tecumseh Sherman 251 To Edwin M. Stanton 253 To Ulysses S. Grant 254 Reply to Congressional Committee 256 Second Inaugural Address 257 To Thurlow Weed 261 Telegram to Ulysses S ...
... John Phillips 248 Response to Serenade 250 To William Tecumseh Sherman 251 To Edwin M. Stanton 253 To Ulysses S. Grant 254 Reply to Congressional Committee 256 Second Inaugural Address 257 To Thurlow Weed 261 Telegram to Ulysses S ...
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To Judge Stephen T Logan | 25 |
To John D Johnston | 33 |
To George P Floyd | 51 |
To a New York Firm | 65 |
To O P Hall J R Fullenwider and U | 74 |
To George Ashmun | 82 |
To Grace Bedell | 87 |
Final Emancipation Proclamation | 155 |
To Fighting Joe Hooker | 162 |
Telegram to General Daniel Tyler | 169 |
To Ulysses S Grant | 176 |
To PostmasterGeneral Montgomery Blair | 183 |
To General William S Rosecrans | 193 |
To Montgomery Blair | 198 |
Address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery | 204 |
Address at Springfield | 93 |
THE PRESIDENT 18611865 | 101 |
To Gustavus V Fox | 108 |
To MajorGeneral Hunter | 114 |
To George B McClellan | 120 |
To John W Crisfield | 121 |
To August Belmont | 128 |
Reply to Interdenominational Religious | 134 |
To Hannibal Hamlin | 141 |
To General Nathaniel P Banks | 147 |
Indorsement on Document to Edwin M | 210 |
Address at Baltimore | 220 |
To Edwin M Stanton | 227 |
Telegram to Ulysses S Grant | 234 |
To PostmasterGeneral Montgomery Blair | 241 |
To John Phillips | 248 |
To Ulysses S Grant | 254 |
To Thurlow Weed | 261 |
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