The Life and Writings of Abraham LincolnIn 1940, author and historian Philip Van Doren Stern produced this volume as a guide to Lincoln's life through his writings. Stern's "Life of Abraham Lincoln" is a full biography of the man and includes a detailed chronology. Stern has collected all the essential texts of Lincoln's public life, from his first public address--a stump speech in New Salem, Illinois, in 1832 for an election he went on to lose--to his last piece of public writing, a pass to a congressman who was to visit the president the day after Lincoln went to Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Some 275 such documents are collected and placed in their historical context. Together with the "Life" and the Introduction, "Lincoln in His Writings," by noted historian Allan Nevins, they give a full and vivid picture of Abraham Lincoln |
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... reason . Passion has helped us , but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason — cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason - must furnish all the mate- rials for our future support and defense . . . . • LETTER TO MRS ...
... reason . Passion has helped us , but can do so no more . It will in future be our enemy . Reason — cold , calculating , unimpassioned reason - must furnish all the mate- rials for our future support and defense . . . . • LETTER TO MRS ...
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... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , and to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her ...
... reason to expect it ? If it was for that , why did not the same reason make you court Ann Todd , and at least twenty others of whom you can think , and to whom it would apply with greater force than to her ? Did you court her for her ...
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... reason to believe that their un- derstanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been manifested at all . For the purpose of adhering rigidly to the text , I have pur ...
... reason to believe that their un- derstanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been manifested at all . For the purpose of adhering rigidly to the text , I have pur ...
Contents
Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
Copyright | |
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