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Lincoln & Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages.Edited by Lucas E. Morel. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2014. Pp. 369. For generations, historians have been arguing over which of the founding documents Abraham Lincoln revered more: the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution.
Feb 26, 2024 · Details. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln (and the Republican Party) stood as the only viable alternative to the moral indifference of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas’s “popular sovereignty” and the pro-slavery politics of Vice President John Breckinridge of Kentucky. This lecture will argue that Lincoln was a savvy but principled politician who ...
What emerges is a portrait of a prudent leader who is driven to return the country to its original principles in order to conserve it. Chapter Summary: "Our government rests in public opinion," Abraham Lincoln said in 1856. And how could it be otherwise (he explained in 1859), since "in a Government of the people, where the voice of all the men ...
Lincoln and the American Founding (Southern Illinois University Press-Concise Lincoln Library Series; forthcoming, July 4th, 2020) Lincoln and Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages, editor (University Press of Kentucky, 2015) Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to "Invisible Man", editor (University Press of Kentucky, 2004)
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Lincoln used the term history to mean all three of these understandings, so will I. This paper will argue that Abraham Lincoln used the past as an essential source of wisdom to guide himself and the nation throughout the course of his political career. There are four distinct elements to Lincoln’s use of the past in his political career: 1.
Job 32:6-8 ESV / 28 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years, and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid to declare my opinion to you. I said, ‘Let days speak, and many years teach wisdom.’. But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes ...
