"We Cannot Escape History": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope of EarthJames M. McPherson University of Illinois Press, 1995 - 176 páginas In "We Cannot Escape History" a remarkable group of top Lincoln and Civil War scholars come together to explore the meaning of Lincoln for the destiny of the United States. They focus on Lincoln's view of American history and on his legacy - for Americans and for the world. In the process they deepen the reader's understanding of and appreciation for the complexity of the problems Lincoln faced and for the genius of his leadership, which surmounted these obstacles and preserved the United States as one nation indivisible while purging it of slavery, which had marred the democratic and egalitarian promise of America from the beginning. The contributors develop themes including Lincoln's conception of the United States as the last best hope for the preservation of democratic government and a republican polity, his view of American history and its meaning, his international impact, Lincoln and slavery, Lincoln and the uses of political power, and Lincoln as commander-in-chief in time of war. |
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... North did not approve this expansion . Nevertheless , Lincoln forged ahead . No longer would the North fight only for restoration of the old Union - a Union with slavery . Now the North would fight to give that Union a " new birth of ...
... North did not approve this expansion . Nevertheless , Lincoln forged ahead . No longer would the North fight only for restoration of the old Union - a Union with slavery . Now the North would fight to give that Union a " new birth of ...
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... North won the war , " America , in collabora- tion with Europe's revolutionaries , might undermine the very basis of the traditional social order of Europe . " Therefore , he strongly supported the installation of Maximilian as emperor ...
... North won the war , " America , in collabora- tion with Europe's revolutionaries , might undermine the very basis of the traditional social order of Europe . " Therefore , he strongly supported the installation of Maximilian as emperor ...
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... North fought merely for restoration of the Union - a Union with slavery - many labor leaders saw little moral difference between North and South . In a typical editorial a British labor newspaper declared in October 1861 : " Now that it ...
... North fought merely for restoration of the Union - a Union with slavery - many labor leaders saw little moral difference between North and South . In a typical editorial a British labor newspaper declared in October 1861 : " Now that it ...
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... the slaves , Lincoln had nevertheless announced a new war aim . Thenceforth the Union army became officially an army of liberation . If the North won the war , slavery would exist no more . As recognition Introduction 9.
... the slaves , Lincoln had nevertheless announced a new war aim . Thenceforth the Union army became officially an army of liberation . If the North won the war , slavery would exist no more . As recognition Introduction 9.
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... North , he said in the paraphrased words of a reporter , were " not merely contending for themselves , but for the rights of the unenfranchised of this and every other country . If the North succeed , liberty [ will ] be stimulated and ...
... North , he said in the paraphrased words of a reporter , were " not merely contending for themselves , but for the rights of the unenfranchised of this and every other country . If the North succeed , liberty [ will ] be stimulated and ...
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Lincoins History | 17 |
Lincolns Narrative of American Exceptionalism | 33 |
Emancipating the Republic Lincoln and the Means and Ends of Antislavery | 45 |
LINCOLNS LEADERSHIP | 61 |
Abraham Lincoln and Presidential Leadership | 63 |
The Civil War and the TwoParty System | 86 |
Avoid Saying Foolish Things The Legacy of Lincolns Impromptu Oratory | 105 |
LINCOLNS LEGACY | 125 |
What Is an American? Abraham Lincoln and Multiculturalism | 127 |
Abraham Lincoln Our EverPresent Contemporary | 139 |
The International Lincoln | 158 |
Contributors | 175 |
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Página 2 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.