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The Letter in Which Lincoln Debated the Morality of Slavery With Himself
To read them is to look over Lincoln’s shoulder as he wrestles with the issue of slavery, thinks deeply about his dual vocations of lawyer and politician, reflects on the hurdles surrounding the ...
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A POEM BY WALLACE BRUCE.; Read at the Unveiling of the Lincoln Monument in Edinburgh.
At the recent unveiling of the Lincoln Monument, in memory of Scottish-American soldiers, in Edinburgh, the following poem was read by Wallace Bruce: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
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Transcript of Lincoln Inspires Poem for 16th President
Poet and journalist Cynthia Zarin often writes poems ... Abraham Lincoln successfully defended a man on trial for murder. The article inspired her to write “Of Lincoln.” Read the full ...
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Was suicide poem written by Lincoln?
A presidential historian has found a poem about suicide that he believes might have been written by Abraham Lincoln. Richard Lawrence Miller, the author of “Truman: The Rise to Power ...
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Firmness in the Write
Like many prose masters, Lincoln was a reader and writer of poetry. His poem "My Childhood-Home I See Again" combines polished but conventional passages in ballad meter with another element ...
The Washington Post7y
Washington and Lincoln were great presidents. But only one was a great poet.
(The full version can be read here.) Poet Robert Pinsky calls Lincoln’s poetry “the real thing.” Lincoln “combines polished but conventional passages in ballad meter with another element ...
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JULIA WARD HOWE'S POEM.; She Reads a Tribute to Lincoln Written in Her Ninetieth Year.
BOSTON, Mass., Feb. 12.—This poem, written by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe in her 90th year, was read by her at the 100th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln in Symphony Hall to-night ...
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Poem Read at Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, on the Rehanging of a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
9, No. 4, Jan., 1917 Poem Read at Shurtleff College, Alton, I... Poem Read at Shurtleff College, Alton, Illinois, on the Rehanging of a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln This is the metadata section. Skip ...