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"Abraham Lincoln was a fatalist who promoted freedom; he was a classical liberal who couched liberalism's greatest deed - emancipation of the slaves - in the unliberal language of divine providence; he was a religious doubter who became a national icon bordering on religion; and he was a rights-oriented liberal who appealed to natural law when confronting slavery"--Provided by publisher.Tags
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Allen C. Guelzo, the author of Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America, is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College. He is a member of the National Council for the Humanities and a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize, for Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The show more End of Slavery in America. show less
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- Canonical title
- Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
- First words
- No man could have loved fame more than Abraham Lincoln.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But like those antique potions, it may be the only nostrum under heaven that saves us alive.
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- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 973.7092 — History & geography History of North America United States Civil War Era (1857-1865) Civil War
- LCC
- E457.2 .G874 — History of the United States United States Civil War period, 1861-1865 Lincoln's administrations, 1861-April 15, 1865
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