Lincoln on LincolnPaul M. Zall Though Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of numerous biographies, his personality remains an enigma. During his lifetime, Lincoln prepared two sketches of his life for the 1860 presidential race. These brief campaign portraits serve as the core around which Paul Zall weaves extracts from correspondence, speeches, and interviews to produce an in-depth biography. Lincoln's writing about himself offers a window into the soul and mind of one of America's greatest president. His words reveal an emotional evolution typically submerged in political biographies. Lincoln on Lincoln shows a man struggling to reconcile personal ambition and civic virtue, conscience and Constitution, and ultimately the will of God and the will of the people. Zall frames Lincoln's words with his own illuminating commentary, providing a continuous, compelling narrative. Beginning with Lincoln's thoughts on his parents, the story moves though his youth and early successes and failures in law and politics, and culminates in his clashes and conflicts—internal as well as external—as president of a divided country. Through his writings, Lincoln said much more about himself than is commonly recognized, and Zall uses this material to create a unique portrait of this pivotal figure. |
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... Constitution, ultimately the will of God and the will of the people. I take this struggle to be the source of moral force that cemented a nation divided and that sustains some of us even now. The story unfolding in his own words is in ...
... constitution that outlawed slavery in spring of 1816 (Warren 12-14, 16). The land-claim problem must have taken precedence. Thomas Lincoln had already lost more than $200 and 500-plus acres at Mill Creek and Sinking Springs because of ...
... price of public land” or “Should females be educated?” (Pond 6-17). Contemporaries say Lincoln about 1827 published newspaper essays, since disappeared, supposedly on debate topics such as the Constitution and alcoholism.
Paul M. Zall. supposedly on debate topics such as the Constitution and alcoholism (Warren 169-70). 1826-1827 “I constructed a little flatboat, large enough to take a barrel or two of things, that we had gathered, with myself and little ...
... constitution, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States. “They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power, under the constitution, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia; but that ...
Contents
Making His Way with Wit and Wisdom | |
Stumping the State and the Nation | |
Preserving Protecting Defending | |
Making Peace All Passion Spent | |
Notes | |