Lincoln's Speeches ReconsideredOriginally published in 2005. Throughout the fractious years of the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln's speeches imparted reason and guidance to a troubled nation. Lincoln's words were never universally praised. But they resonated with fellow legislators and the public, especially when he spoke on such volatile subjects as mob rule, temperance, the Mexican War, slavery and its expansion, and the justice of a war for freedom and union. In this close examination, John Channing Briggs reveals how the process of studying, writing, and delivering speeches helped Lincoln develop the ideas with which he would so profoundly change history. Briggs follows Lincoln's thought process through a careful chronological reading of his oratory, ranging from Lincoln's 1838 speech to the Springfield Lyceum to his second inaugural address. Recalling David Herbert Donald's celebrated revisionist essays (Lincoln Reconsidered, 1947), Briggs's study provides students of Lincoln with new insight into his words, intentions, and image. |
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John Channing Briggs. NOTE ON SOURCES For the sake of standardization and ease of reference , all citations from ... references are taken from the ubiquitous King James Version . All citations of Shakespeare draw from The Riverside ...
... reference work that is not read in its entirety . I have tried to write a book for an audience of specialists and general readers interested in reading these pages through . 1 Rhetorical Contexts To study Abraham Lincoln then , we The ...
... reference to Washington " in the clear , upper sky " does not reveal to modern readers a convincing heavenly presence , it is important to notice that the orator refers to Washington as part of " our own firmament . " Washington is ...
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Contents
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The Temperance Address | 58 |
The Speech on the War with Mexico | 82 |
The Eulogy for Henry Clay | 113 |
The KansasNebraska Speech | 134 |
The House Divided Speech | 164 |
The Milwaukee Address | 195 |
Thorough Farming and SelfGovernment | 221 |
The Cooper Union Address | 237 |
Presidential Eloquence and Political Religion | 257 |
The Farewell Address | 281 |
The First Inaugural the Gettysburg Address | 297 |
POSTSCRIPT The Letter to Mrs Bixby | 328 |
Index | 363 |