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Lincoln and the American Founding (Hardcover)
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Lincoln and the American Founding (Hardcover)
Series: Concise Lincoln Library
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In this persuasive work of intellectual history, Lucas E. Morel
argues that the most important influence on Abraham Lincoln's
political thought and practice was what he learned from the leading
figures of and documents from the birth of the United States. In
this systematic account of those principles, Morel compellingly
demonstrates that to know Lincoln well is to understand thoroughly
the founding of America. With each chapter describing a particular
influence, Morel leads readers from the Founding Father, George
Washington; to the founding documents, the Declaration of
Independence and Constitution; to the founding compromise over
slavery; and finally to a consideration of how the original
intentions of the Founding Fathers should be respected in light of
experience, progress, and improvements over time. Within these key
discussions, Morel shows that without the ideals of the American
Revolution, Lincoln's most famous speeches would be unrecognizable,
and the character of the nation would have lost its foundation on
the universal principles of human equality, individual liberty, and
government by the consent of the governed. Lincoln thought that the
principles of human equality and individual rights could provide
common ground for a diverse people to live as one nation and that
some old things, such as the political ideals of the American
founding, were worth preserving. He urged Americans to be vigilant
in maintaining the institutions of self-government and to exercise
and safeguard the benefits of freedom for future generations. Morel
posits that adopting the way of thinking and speaking Lincoln
advocated, based on the country's founding, could help mend our
current polarized discourse and direct the American people to
employ their common government on behalf of a truly common good.
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