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Download. XML. Since Abraham Lincoln's death, generations of Americans have studied his life, presidency, and leadership, often remaking him into a figure suited to the needs and interests of their own time. This illuminating volume takes a different approach to his political thought and practice.
Jan 20, 2015 · Hardcover – January 20, 2015. Since Abraham Lincoln's death, generations of Americans have studied his life, presidency, and leadership, often remaking him into a figure suited to the needs and interests of their own time. This illuminating volume takes a different approach to his political thought and practice.
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This is not a quick review of Lincolns life-this is a volume of deep, thought-provoking essays sure to challenge any student of Lincoln. In the preface, Morel asserts that what most appeals to us about Lincoln is his ability to change; his capacity for growth. Lincoln must be...
But to these contributors, Lincoln was "fairly well set in terms of his political philosophy" (xii). The essays in Lincoln and Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages "seek to understand Lincoln as he understood himself and attempted to make himself clear to his day and age" (xii), and illustrate that Lincoln still has much to teach us today.
- Bernard Von Bothmer
Since Abraham Lincoln's death, generations of Americans have studied his life, presidency, and leadership, often remaking him into a figure suited to the n...
In Lincoln and Liberty, Lucas E. Morel has assembled fourteen essays and organized them into four thematic sections written by scholars from various academic disciplines with a particular interest in Abraham Lincoln’s understanding of personal liberty. Morel writes in his preface that “our task should not be to remake
In his introduction, Justice Clarence Thomas discusses how Lincoln used the ideological and structural underpinnings of those founding documents to defeat slavery and secure the liberties that...
