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1 day ago · In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He wasn’t wrong. In his House Divided speech, Lincoln feared the outcome of ...
1 day ago · After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
May 14, 2024 · Abraham Lincoln believed in the ideal that everyone in America should have the opportunity to improve their economic and social condition. Lincoln’s life was the embodiment of that idea. We know him as the sixteenth president but he was also a spouse, parent, and neighbor who experienced the same hopes, dreams, and challenges of life that are still experienced by many people today.
May 13, 2024 · United States presidential election of 1860, American presidential election held on November 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
May 22, 2024 · 16th President of the United States. March 4, 1861–April 15, 1865. Faced with the greatest crisis in the history of the nation, Abraham Lincoln invoked the New Testament when he declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”. He committed his presidency to preserving the Union.
1 day ago · This positive conception of leadership not only plays an important (though little- recognized) role in Arendt’s thought but also can help us think through the problem of what it means to be a democratic leader. This essay compares and contrasts Arendt’s ideas on leadership and on rule with those of Abraham Lincoln.
May 8, 2024 · When Lincoln received the Republican nomination to run against Douglas, he said in his acceptance speech that “A house divided against itself cannot stand” and that “this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.”
