Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... friends, if they wish to perpetuate his memory, can purchase one already written, but with blanks. These blanks they can at their pleasure fill up with rosy sentences full of high-sounding praise.”1 Though difficult to uphold, I try in ...
... friends, if they wish to perpetuate his memory, can purchase one already written, but with blanks. These blanks they can at their pleasure fill up with rosy sentences full of high-sounding praise.”1 Though difficult to uphold, I try in ...
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... friends now propose to close it up so that the colonel never could return.”7 Lincoln's sardonic comments were made in good humor and so they were taken by the audience. They were not so well received by the Kentucky-born May. The fifty ...
... friends now propose to close it up so that the colonel never could return.”7 Lincoln's sardonic comments were made in good humor and so they were taken by the audience. They were not so well received by the Kentucky-born May. The fifty ...
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... friend and longtime polit- ical ally , May “ knew that if he carried his indignation too far there was danger that Lincoln would throw him over the pulpit rails . " 8 Standing just a bit under 6'4 " , muscular and lean , Lincoln could ...
... friend and longtime polit- ical ally , May “ knew that if he carried his indignation too far there was danger that Lincoln would throw him over the pulpit rails . " 8 Standing just a bit under 6'4 " , muscular and lean , Lincoln could ...
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... friend who had once been his surveying boss in Sangamon County . Herndon wrote that “ Calhoun was polite , affable , and an honest debater , never dodging any question . This made him a formidable antagonist in argumentative controversy ...
... friend who had once been his surveying boss in Sangamon County . Herndon wrote that “ Calhoun was polite , affable , and an honest debater , never dodging any question . This made him a formidable antagonist in argumentative controversy ...
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... friends and receiving homage . " 22 It has been argued that in 1854 Lincoln seized upon the Kansas- Nebraska Act primarily to advance his ambition , but the odds were stacked against him in the coming contest with America's gifted ...
... friends and receiving homage . " 22 It has been argued that in 1854 Lincoln seized upon the Kansas- Nebraska Act primarily to advance his ambition , but the odds were stacked against him in the coming contest with America's gifted ...
Contenido
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point : Getting Right with the Declaration of ... Lewis E. Lehrman Vista de fragmentos - 2008 |
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