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- 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. The contributors demonstrate that, far from advocating an expansion of government beyond its constitutional limits, Lincoln defended both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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Jan 20, 2015 · 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 the Republic was established to protect.
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- The University Press of Kentucky
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- Hardcover
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...
Featuring contributions from leading scholars such as Michael Burlingame, Allen C. Guelzo, Fred Kaplan, and Matthew Pinsker, this innovative collection presents fresh perspectives on Lincoln both...
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 the Republic was established to protect.
This volume, edited by Lucas E. Morel (the Class of i960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University) offers a collection of thirteen essays that examine Lincoln and politics.
Nov 10, 2014 · 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 the Republic was established to protect.
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
