Lincoln's Speeches ReconsideredJHU Press, 03.03.2020 - 386 Seiten Originally 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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... Address . Recalling David Herbert Donald's celebrated revisionist essays ( Lincoln Reconsidered , 1947 ) , Briggs's work provides students of Lincoln with fascinating new insight into his words , intentions , and oratorical power . This ...
... Address Moral Reform and Emancipation 4 • The Speech on the War with Mexico and the Eulogy for Zachary Taylor ... Address Thorough Farming and Self-Government 10 • The Cooper Union Address The Empirical Wager 11• Presidential Eloquence ...
... Address and Martin Van Buren's First Inaugural both warned against raising issues, especially the slavery question, that would threaten the peace. The circumstances promoted legalism at the expense of deliberation and fostered ...
... Address Moral Reform and Emancipation 4. The Speech on the War with Mexico and the Eulogy for Zachary Taylor ... Address Thorough Farming and Self - Government 10. The Cooper Union Address The Empirical Wager ix xi 1 12 29 58 82 113 134 ...
... Address " Let us confidently hope " 13. The First Inaugural , the Gettysburg Address , and the Second Inaugural Providence and Persuasion POSTSCRIPT . The Letter to Mrs. Bixby Secular Scripture Notes Index 257 281 297 328 337 363 ...
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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 |