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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... audience in the presence of deep thoughts he did not and could not always communicate in full. Elucidation, far more than persuasion, was the stated goal; yet Lincoln would have had philosophical as well as practical reasons for relying ...
... audience in the presence of deep thoughts he did not and could not always communicate in full . Elucidation , far more than persuasion , was the stated goal ; yet Lincoln would have had philosophical as well as practical reasons for ...
... audience , and his speeches more likely to be seen with fresh eyes . To attempt such things , one must make choices . I do not discuss the Lincoln - Douglas debates . Their magnitude , and the amount of scholarly work already done on ...
... audiences . Because those audiences were complex , spanning many political persuasions and electoral seasons , his language needed to work on multiple levels in a variety of ways . Thus , his words were calculated , though calculation ...
... audience , including partisans from both sides , would be able to read and consider it ( 4.139-140 ) . The " cure ... audiences , with their access to rail - delivered newspapers from throughout the country , were capable of such a task ...
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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 |