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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... House of September 1863 July bronchial pneumonia Circulates preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, to be effective 1 January 1863 Crucial victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Gettysburg Address Nominated for second term as National ...
... house: “I am not so young in years as I am in the tricks and trades of a politician, but, live long or die young, I would rather die now than, like the gentleman, change my politics and simultaneous with the change, receive an office ...
... house. Both active supporters of Henry Clay, they served on the same assembly committees. They later split on the slavery issue. But meanwhile, Stuart left the routine practice to Lincoln while he played Whig leader. In the legislature ...
... House Journal of that date, at pages 817, 818, A. with Dan Stone, another representative of Sangamon, briefly defined his position on the slavery question; and so far as it goes, it was then the same that it is now: 5 “They believe that ...
... House, yet his Democratic opponent for the speakership outpolled Lincoln 43 to 38 in 1838 and defeated him again in 1840 when Whigs had a majority of 46 to 45. By that time, his lack of interest appears in his absences—92 in the last ...
Contents
Making His Way with Wit and Wisdom | |
Stumping the State and the Nation | |
Preserving Protecting Defending | |
Making Peace All Passion Spent | |
Notes | |