Lincoln's Speeches ReconsideredJHU Press, 2020 M03 3 - 386 páginas 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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... structure and substance of his thoughts. Separate reminiscences by Arnold and Herndon remark upon the effectiveness of the double action of thoughtful logic and careful persuasion that resulted from these preparations:
... actions , then the close study of his public language can hardly contribute to our understanding of his eloquence . If we think we already know , as many students in schools and universities have been led to believe , that Lincoln was a ...
... action of thoughtful logic and careful persuasion that resulted from these preparations : It was often observed ... that while Douglas was sometimes greeted with the loudest cheers , when Lincoln closed , the people seemed solemn and ...
... action . The promising conditions for American literature — including oratorythat Tocqueville observed in the 1830s were strangely limited , he thought , by democratic habits and enthusiasms that undermined the effort to create great ...
... actions and the singular fixity of certain principles . Men move constantly , the human mind seems almost immobile . When once an opinion has extended over the American soil and has taken root , one would say that no power on earth is ...
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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 |