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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... slavery, and the resultant sectional differences that seemed to be mollified (and yet were profoundly aggravated) by economic growth and the creation of new states. In one sense, the situation rewarded silence and oratorical vacuity. It ...
... slavery), the meaning of which often turns on the question of timing. Why in the early years as a speaker did he focus on the preservation of institutions and the encouragement of the Washingtonians' temperance movement? Why did he so ...
... slavery , and the resultant sectional differences that seemed to be mollified ( and yet were profoundly aggravated ) by economic growth and the creation of new states . In one sense , the situation rewarded silence and oratorical ...
... slavery ) , the meaning of which often turns on the question of timing . Why in the early years as a speaker did he focus on the preservation of institutions and the encouragement of the Washingtonians ' temperance movement ? Why did he ...
... slavery . Lincoln imitates , criticizes , and counters his rivals ' major arguments in order to reassess the larger ... slavery and slavery agitation in stimulating lawbreaking behavior . Jackson had been generally optimistic and ...
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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 |