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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... expressing himself against public sentiment when it would do no good.” Yet he was ready “when it became necessary” to express his views “with emphasis, earnestness, and force.”16 Speed detected a method in this alternation of concession ...
... expressions of humor according to his purposes . The general seriousness of most of his speeches was , according to Isaac Arnold ( a friend for twenty years ) , the result of a conscious choice to limit his use of jokes and funny ...
... expressing himself against public sentiment when it would do no good . " Yet he was ready " when it became necessary " to express his views " with emphasis , earnestness , and force . " 16 Speed detected a method in this alternation of ...
... were not by definition isolated from the world of fact and science nor was scientific writing barred from entering the realms of visionary and persuasive literary expression . Persuasion 14. LINCOLN'S SPEECHES RECONSIDERED.
John Channing Briggs. tering the realms of visionary and persuasive literary expression . Persuasion , whether it resulted from ... expression . Enriched by his long - standing habit of borrowing books and reading a variety of newspapers ...
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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 |