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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... force , and their recruits , open & covert , it gave Matteson more than enough to elect him . We saw into it plainly ten days ago ; but with every possible effort , could not head it off . All that remained of the Anti - Nebraska force ...
... force , and their recruits , open & covert , it gave Matteson more than enough to elect him . We saw into it plainly ten days ago ; but with every possible effort , could not head it off . All that remained of the Anti - Nebraska force ...
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... forces us to ask : " Is there , in all republics , this in- herent and fatal weakness ? " " Must a Government , of ... force for its preservation . The call was made , and the response of the country was most gratifying , surpassing in ...
... forces us to ask : " Is there , in all republics , this in- herent and fatal weakness ? " " Must a Government , of ... force for its preservation . The call was made , and the response of the country was most gratifying , surpassing in ...
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... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it ... force , nor yet for dissolution , there only remains some imaginable compromise . I do not believe any compromise ...
... force of arms . This I am trying to do . Are you for it ? If you are , so far we are agreed . If you are not for it ... force , nor yet for dissolution , there only remains some imaginable compromise . I do not believe any compromise ...
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Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Letter to Miss Mary Owens May 7 1837 | 73 |
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