The defining rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln - politician, president,
and emancipator
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above
all--essential reads from American political history, selected by
leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The
Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great
texts of American civic life to create a timely and informative
mini-library of perennially vital issues. Whether readers are
encountering these classic writings for the first time, or brushing
up in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act,
these slim volumes will serve as a powerful and illuminating
resource for scholars, students, and civic-minded citizens.
As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a
vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's
public rhetoric. His words are testaments of our history, windows
into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the
writer's art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C.
Guelzo brings together this volume of "Lincoln Speeches" that span
the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the
inspirational and intellectual. The book contains everything from
classic speeches that any citizen would recognize--the first debate
with Stephen Douglas, the "House Divided" Speech, the Gettysburg
Address, the Second Inaugural Address--to the less known ones that
professed Lincoln fans will come to enjoy and intellectuals and
critics praise. These orations show the contours of the civic
dilemmas Lincoln, and America itself, encountered: the slavery
issue, state v. federal power, citizens and their duty, death and
destruction, the coming of freedom, the meaning of the
Constitution, and what it means to progress.
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