Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words that Remade AmericaIn a work of extraordinary scholarship and intellectual power, acclaimed by critics across the country, Wills lays bare the true meaning and intent of Lincoln's historic speech--272 words that changed the future of our country. |
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... claims even more at odds with slavery than with kingship since kings do not , necessarily , claim to own their subjects . Put the claims of the Declaration as mildly as possible , and it still cannot be reconciled with slavery : I , as ...
... claims even more at odds with slavery than with kingship since kings do not , necessarily , claim to own their subjects . Put the claims of the Declaration as mildly as possible , and it still cannot be reconciled with slavery : I , as ...
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... claim that Lincoln used this as a delivery text , yet said so many things that departed from it . ( I have only mentioned the three major differences , not minor ones like " on this conti- nent " for " upon this continent , " which ...
... claim that Lincoln used this as a delivery text , yet said so many things that departed from it . ( I have only mentioned the three major differences , not minor ones like " on this conti- nent " for " upon this continent , " which ...
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... claim , before " outsider " members of the empire , that they can ( justly ) feel no humiliation in submission . 62. " power to help or to harm❞ — this naked claim of power to do good or ill has made Periclean sympathizers over the ...
... claim , before " outsider " members of the empire , that they can ( justly ) feel no humiliation in submission . 62. " power to help or to harm❞ — this naked claim of power to do good or ill has made Periclean sympathizers over the ...
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