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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... temperance , the Mexican War , slavery and its expansion , and the justice of a war for black freedom and American union . John Channing Briggs reveals how the process of studying , writing , and delivering speeches helped Lincoln ...
... Temperance Address Moral Reform and Emancipation 4 • The Speech on the War with Mexico and the Eulogy for Zachary Taylor Injustice and Heroic Virtue 5 • The Eulogy for Henry Clay Persuasion and/or Principle 6 • The Kansas-Nebraska ...
... Temperance Address Moral Reform and Emancipation 4. The Speech on the War with Mexico and the Eulogy for Zachary Taylor Injustice and Heroic Virtue 5. The Eulogy for Henry Clay Persuasion and / or Principle 6. The Kansas - Nebraska ...
... temperance movement? Why did he so vehemently oppose the Mexican War, perhaps at the expense of his congressional career, when it was popular in Illinois and had so little to do with issues with which he is now identified? Why, after a ...
... temperance movement ? Why did he so vehemently oppose the Mexican War , perhaps at the expense of his congressional career , when it was popular in Illinois and had so little to do with issues with which he is now identified ? Why ...
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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 |