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Abraham Lincoln
The "unfinished work" that the dead at Gettysburg had "thus far so nobly advanced" was described less than a sentence later as "the great task remaining before us." In the Gettysburg Address,...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is a master at using rhetorical devices in short speeches. In particular, his use of anaphora is notable in the Gettysburg Address. For instance, in the final paragraph, in order...
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Abraham Lincoln
In the Preface to Lincoln, Donald lays out what he does not talk about as well as what he does talk about. Essentially, what he does not talk about are large "philosophical" discussion of reasons...
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Abraham Lincoln
In Lincoln's first inaugural address, delivered in March of 1861, he sought to reassure the southern states that he had no intention of interfering with slavery where it existed. He defended the...
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Abraham Lincoln
In his first inaugural address, Lincoln appeals to Southerners on a number of different levels. (Recall that, by the time of Lincoln's inaugural, seven southern states had already seceded, and...
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He served his first term starting in 1861, and was elected for a second term starting in 1865, but was assassinated near the beginning...
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Lincoln Is Elected President
Lincoln was NOT "Honest" Abe, to be sure. As President, Abraham Lincoln swore to uphold the United States Constitution; however, he violated the Constitution. For, the South did have the right to...
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History
Certainly, with the initial progression of the Civil War, 1862 was not faring well for the Lincoln- led Union Army. 1862 was a pivotal year for Lincoln because of this. Given how much had been...
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Gettysburg Address
[Students may ask one question per thread, so your questions were edited. We invite you to submit the others individually for additional answers.] a great civil war, testing whether that nation,...
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Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and Robert E. Lee's "Letter to his Son" are both masterpieces of diction; that is, they both use language correctly and effectively. One of the most effective...
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Gettysburg Address
Diction is simply the choice of words and phrases a writer or speaker uses to make his point; in this case, both Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee use diction which is perfectly appropriate to the...
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Reconstruction Era
Although this is one of the most asked and pondered questions about the post-Civil War era, it is inherently unanswerable. We simply do not know enough to say. It is true that Lincoln proposed a...
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
During the series of debates during the summer of 1858, both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were faced with the tricky prospect of articulating positions on the issue that was quickly...
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Reconstruction Era
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Langston Hughes
In his poem “As I Grow Older, Langston Hughes wrote of his dreams for his fellow black man. When he was younger, these dreams were never far from his thoughts. As the poem progressed, so did the...
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History
Besides the famous historical facts, the Gettysburg Address, and the Emancipation Proclamation, the accomplishments of the Lincoln Administration toward abolishing slavery and keeping the North and...
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Abraham Lincoln
It is probably something of an overstatement to say that Lincoln saved democracy. After all, both the North and the South believed that they were fighting for democracy. Each side saw democracy...
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Gettysburg Address
One approach that could be taken is to argue that Lincoln seems to be striving for something more than a mere battlefield victory. There is a "larger sense" that dominates the address. The Civil...
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's version of the causes of the Civil War is perhaps best summarized in his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the war was winding down in 1865. Harkening back to his first address,...
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Abraham Lincoln
Undoubtedly, Abraham Lincoln was influenced both personally and professionally by the deaths of several brothers during the Civil War, a grievous loss to their mother, Lydia Bixby of Boston. His...
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Abraham Lincoln
I would say that Lincoln's father was a person who impacted his life personally and politically. From a personal point of view, the little that is known about Lincoln's father is that he had a "...
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Abraham Lincoln
I tend to think that Lincoln's most pressing problem in his first year of office had to be what to do with the South. By the time Lincoln had settled into his first year as being President, the...
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Abraham Lincoln
Essentially, Douglas remained fairly consistent in applying his argument for popular sovereignty to the debate over the expansion of slavery. He engaged in the time-honored (and still current)...
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Abraham Lincoln
There are some specific challenges in fully understanding the motivation of Lincoln to writing such a poignantly powerful letter to his son's teacher. I do think that we can examine his own...
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Abraham Lincoln
For Lincoln in the letter to his son's teacher, I believe that courage is identified with the need to stand for one's convictions or beliefs. Lincoln articulates this in the letter through direct...
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's primary concern is that the teacher is able to instruct his child on the idea that academic scholarship must accompany the primary instruction of character. For Lincoln, education...
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Abraham Lincoln
Two rhetorical devices Lincoln used in his famous Gettysburg Address are repetition and hypozeuxis. Repetition: A rhetorical device in which a word or word pattern is used several times to create...
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's plan for political Reconstruction is known to historians as the "ten percent plan." Essentially, Lincoln planned to readmit former Confederate states to the Union once ten percent of...
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Abraham Lincoln
It is always difficult to analyze a famous quote when taken out of context, and this quote by Abraham Lincoln is certainly no exception. Lincoln's quote begins by addressing friendship; Lincoln...
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Abraham Lincoln
What you should think about first is how Lincoln's actions in the Civil War and with regard to slavery have shaped the country that we now have. By saving the Union and freeing the slaves, Lincoln...
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Abraham Lincoln
This speech, given nearly a quarter century before Lincoln would become president of the United States, is interesting in the sense that it exemplifies many of the things about Lincoln that will...
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Civil War (1861–65)
I would say that some of the most challenging elements that Lincoln faced was maneuvering the Union into a position to win a long term conflict. It is easy to overlook the fact that few saw the...
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was remarkably consistent in his idea that the nation cannot continue on a path where it represents "half free" and "half slave." He did not want to be the aggressor and took steps to...
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Abraham Lincoln
Most scholars agree that President Abraham Lincoln was a religious man. However, modern interpretations and newly discovered documents show doubt on the specific brand of Lincoln's religion, and...
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Abraham Lincoln
I think that Lincoln was able to show his understanding of statesmanship and what leadership represents in his attempt to address the Southerners. Lincoln recognized that the Cooper Union speech...
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Abraham Lincoln
For Lincoln, the Cooper Union speech carried with it the political stake of definition at a time where strict lines were being carved in the American political landscape. Lincoln recognized the...
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Abraham Lincoln
The best evidence that Abraham Lincoln subscribed to the idea of American exceptionalism can be found in the Gettysburg Address. American exceptionalism is, basically speaking, the idea that...
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Abraham Lincoln
This passage is clearly meant as Lincoln's expression of how he thinks that the Union should move toward the ending of the Civil War and the Reconstruction of the South. When Lincoln delivered this...
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Abraham Lincoln
The speech that Lincoln gives to the New Jersey Senate that features the lines in question is a complex one. I think that Lincoln does refer to the "uniqueness" of America. In his speech, he...
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Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address uses the rhetorical appeal to “ethos” effectively and often. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines “ethos,” in rhetoric, as the...
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Abraham Lincoln
Historians know a great deal about Abraham Lincoln. Strangely enough, though, they do not know the exact source of the saying that you quote here. It is believed to have been written by Lincoln...
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Abraham Lincoln
In some respects, process of elimination might be the best element to be used here. The Gettysburg Address was written in 1863, at the near midpoint of the Civil War. Lincoln was elected in the...
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Abraham Lincoln
America is split down the middle these days and can't agree on who we are or what we believe and represent. I would guess that this might be exactly how people felt in the mid-1800s when there was...
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Abraham Lincoln
The story of why Abraham Lincoln had a beard is one of the most famous anecdotes about him. Unlike many such stories, it actually is true. When he was running for president, an 11 year-old girl...
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Abraham Lincoln
I have heard that Abraham Lincoln may have suffered from Marfan's Syndrome. One of the indicators of this condition are rather long and slender limbs. People with Marfan's are often quite tall and...
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Abraham Lincoln
The main point on Lincoln's speech is that the United States must become either all free or all slave. He says that no country can survive that is divided on such a huge issue. This is both...
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Abraham Lincoln
There will be many reasons why the speech is so memorable. I think that I consider it to be memorable because it represents the essence of how the framers' envisioned American Government. Lincoln...
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Abraham Lincoln
I think that the most important moral lesson I have learned from reading about Abraham Lincoln is that it is not always possible to act in an idealistic way. Sometimes you have to be pragmatic and...
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Abraham Lincoln
Of the many devices used by Lincoln in his address, there are some strong examples that stick out in my mind. I would say that his use of repetition in "of the people, by the people, and for the...
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Abraham Lincoln
Repetition: Lincoln repeats certain key words for emphasis. "We have come to dedicate a portion of that field. . ." "But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate. . ." "It is for us, the living,...