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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... Douglas L. Wilson, who read a primitive draft of chapter 9 with remarkable patience, and who should bear no responsibility for any defects in the final version. I would also like to thank the Johns Hopkins University Press for its early ...
... Douglas L. Wilson , who read a primitive draft of chapter 9 with remarkable patience , and who should bear no responsibility for any defects in the final version . I would also like to thank the Johns Hopkins University Press for its ...
... Douglas in 1858, why did he deliver academic lectures in Illinois and Wisconsin that seemed to have no connection with slavery? One question piles on another. If we examine some of the major speeches one by one, we can approach some of ...
... Douglas in 1858 , why did he deliver academic lectures in Illinois and Wisconsin that seemed to have no connection with slavery ? One question piles on another . If we examine some of the major speeches one by one , we can approach some ...
... Douglas was sometimes greeted with the loudest cheers , when Lincoln closed , the people seemed solemn and serious , and could be heard , all through the crowd , gravely and anxiously discussing the topics on which he had been speaking ...
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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 |