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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... Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln , Roy P. Basler , ed . , 9 vols . ( New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press , 1955 ) , 1 : 112 . Hereinafter cited as Collected Works ...
... Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln , Roy P. Basler , ed . , 9 vols . ( New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press , 1955 ) , 1 : 112 . Hereinafter cited as Collected Works ...
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... Springfield Lyceum Address of 1838 , wherein he discusses the problems that mobs pose for free government , he exhorts " every American " to " swear by the blood of the Revolution , never to violate in the least particular , the laws of ...
... Springfield Lyceum Address of 1838 , wherein he discusses the problems that mobs pose for free government , he exhorts " every American " to " swear by the blood of the Revolution , never to violate in the least particular , the laws of ...
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... Lincoln : The Liberal Statesman ( 1947 ) , notes Lincoln's concern for linking “ moral self - control with ... Lyceum of Springfield , which describes the threat of mob rule to " the perpetuation of our political institutions ...
... Lincoln : The Liberal Statesman ( 1947 ) , notes Lincoln's concern for linking “ moral self - control with ... Lyceum of Springfield , which describes the threat of mob rule to " the perpetuation of our political institutions ...
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... Lyceum Address . Instead , political religion assumes its customary ... Lyceum Address . He follows Lincoln's wording in the conclusion of the Lyceum Address ... Springfield , Illinois , for the White House , Lincoln remarked : " I now ...
... Lyceum Address . Instead , political religion assumes its customary ... Lyceum Address . He follows Lincoln's wording in the conclusion of the Lyceum Address ... Springfield , Illinois , for the White House , Lincoln remarked : " I now ...
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... Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln , Roy P. Basler , ed . , 9 vols . ( New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press , 1955 ) , 1 : 112 . Hereinafter cited as Collected Works ...
... Lyceum of Springfield , Illinois ( 27 January 1838 ) , " in The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln , Roy P. Basler , ed . , 9 vols . ( New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press , 1955 ) , 1 : 112 . Hereinafter cited as Collected Works ...
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