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"The "House Divided" speech helped to win Lincoln the presidency; the Gettysburg Address made him an icon. How did Lincoln come to speak the words that would change a nation? Analyzing the ideas and rhetoric in these two crucial speeches, Carl F. Wieck argues that the radical abolitionist movement exerted a significant influence on Lincoln's thought and moral development.".
"One of the most famous phrases in the Gettysburg Address - "government of the people, by the people, for the people" - was previously associated with Unitarian minister and radical abolitionist Theodore Parker, and Wieck argues that Lincoln's debt to Parker extends far beyond borrowing these few words.
Establishing a clear connection between Lincoln and Parker through their mutual friend and Linclon's law partner, William Herndon, Wieck traces the similarities between Lincoln's key speeches and the philosophy, rhetoric, logic, and ideas found in writings by Parker and other abolitionists.".
"Tracing the Great Emancipator's political ideology from the antebellum era and culminating at Gettysburg, Lincoln's Quest for Equality sheds new light on the intellectual development of the president who reshaped American political culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Lincoln's quest for equality: the road to Gettysburg
2002, Northern Illinois University Press
in English
0875802990 9780875802992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-206) and index.
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