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<div>This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and it s never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.</div>
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<div> Roy P. Basler was the author of The Lincoln Legend and co-editor of the authoritative eight-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. </div>
<div>This volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers, and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican Convention Speech, the Emancipation Proclamation but hundreds of lesser-known gems. Alfred Kazin has written that Lincoln was "not just the greatest writer among our Presidents . . . but the most telling and unforgettable of all American 'public' writer-speakers," and it s never been cleaner than in this comprehensive edition.</div>
About the Author
<div> Roy P. Basler was the author of The Lincoln Legend and co-editor of the authoritative eight-volume Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. </div>
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CONCERNING Lincoln's early life, the facts which he considered significant enough to relate in his autobiographical sketches written in 1859 and 1860 are still those which most concern a student of his writings, and there seems to be little need to do more than refer the reader to them among the selections in this volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, Executive Mansion, New York, House of Representatives, Van Buren, General Cass, General Taylor, Great Britain, Henry Clay, South Carolina, Rio Grande, Senator Douglas, Gettysburg Address, Major General, District of Columbia, Secretary of War, Almighty God, General Jackson, Fort Sumter, New Orleans, New Salem, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Illinois Legislature New!
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CONCERNING Lincoln's early life, the facts which he considered significant enough to relate in his autobiographical sketches written in 1859 and 1860 are still those which most concern a student of his writings, and there seems to be little need to do more than refer the reader to them among the selections in this volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unconstitutionally commenced, slavery therein Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott, Executive Mansion, New York, House of Representatives, Van Buren, General Cass, General Taylor, Great Britain, Henry Clay, South Carolina, Rio Grande, Senator Douglas, Gettysburg Address, Major General, District of Columbia, Secretary of War, Almighty God, General Jackson, Fort Sumter, New Orleans, New Salem, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Illinois Legislature New!
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