Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-GovernmentLucas Morel examines what the public life of Abraham Lincoln teaches about the role of religion in a self-governing society. Lincoln's understanding of the requirements of republican government led him to accommodate and direct religious sentiment toward responsible self-government. As a successful republic requires a moral or self-controlled people, Lincoln believed, the moral and religious sensibilities of a society should be nurtured. |
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... Buren , one can only surmise that Lincoln used his appearance before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield to elucidate the flaws of Van Buren's presidential program and suggest an alternative governing philosophy for the nation ...
... Buren , one can only surmise that Lincoln used his appearance before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield to elucidate the flaws of Van Buren's presidential program and suggest an alternative governing philosophy for the nation ...
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... on to expound , if only because the disregard for law is " increasing " -a not too insignificant sign that not enough people see its dangerous connection to the potential demise of the country . Martin Van Buren's 26 Chapter Two.
... on to expound , if only because the disregard for law is " increasing " -a not too insignificant sign that not enough people see its dangerous connection to the potential demise of the country . Martin Van Buren's 26 Chapter Two.
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... Buren's 1837 Inaugural Address also noted the presence of mobs in America : Occasionally , it is true , the ardor of ... Buren concludes that " neither masses of the people nor sections of the country have been swerved from their ...
... Buren's 1837 Inaugural Address also noted the presence of mobs in America : Occasionally , it is true , the ardor of ... Buren concludes that " neither masses of the people nor sections of the country have been swerved from their ...
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... Buren remarked similarly : " How imperious , then , is the obligation imposed upon every citizen , in his own sphere of action , whether limited or extended , to exert himself in perpetuating a condition of things so singularly happy ...
... Buren remarked similarly : " How imperious , then , is the obligation imposed upon every citizen , in his own sphere of action , whether limited or extended , to exert himself in perpetuating a condition of things so singularly happy ...
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... Buren rests assured with an appeal to the Constitution as “ a sacred instrument , " Lincoln calls upon the patriotic and filial attachments of the nation to bolster the plain , uninspiring message of mere obedience to the laws . Lincoln ...
... Buren rests assured with an appeal to the Constitution as “ a sacred instrument , " Lincoln calls upon the patriotic and filial attachments of the nation to bolster the plain , uninspiring message of mere obedience to the laws . Lincoln ...
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