Ranking #121 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “…Although the Temperance cause has been in progress for near twenty years, it is apparent to all, that it is, just now, being crowned with a degree of…
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Address to Washington Temperance Society (February 22, 1842)
Tagged with: Antebellum, Founders, Needs Close Reading, Pragmatism, Public, Religion, Speech, Temperance
Posted in Honest Abe
Posted in Honest Abe
Address to PA House of Representatives (February 22, 1861)
Ranking #126 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “They had arranged it so that I was given the honor of raising it to the head of its staff [applause]; and when it went up, I…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Founders, Humility, Needs Close Reading, Public, Secession, Speech
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
Speech at River and Harbor Convention (July 6, 1847)
Ranking #135 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “I had supposed that it was not proper for me, residing in Illinois, to occupy the time of the Convention in making a speech. I will, however,…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Founders, Needs Close Reading, Partisanship, Pragmatism, Public, Recent Discoveries, Speech
Posted in The Railsplitter
Posted in The Railsplitter
Address to New Jersey Senate (February 21, 1861)
Ranking #148 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents Annotated Transcript “May I be pardoned if, upon this occasion, I mention that away back in my childhood, the earliest days of my being able to read, I got…
Tagged with: Antebellum, Founders, Needs Close Reading, Public, Secession, Speech
Posted in Savior of the Union
Posted in Savior of the Union
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