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Lincoln, Abraham; Wiley, Earl Wellington (Introduction) : Four Speeches by Abraham Lincoln: Hitherto Unpublished or Unknown

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1927

Original publisher's gray cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge gilt. 5 3/4" x 8 5/8." 112 pages, complete. Pages and covers are clean and intact except for a few very faint, small stains in the upper-right corner of the front cover. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Preface: "Like Saul of Tarsus, Lincoln when he addressed the Scott Club carried a commission to persecute the unfaithful, -- and the Scott Club speech may be construed as the 'stoning' of Stephen [Douglas]. At least, critics partial to sensational testimony may find cause in the speech to represent Lincoln as malicious and uncharitable. That was in 1852. Then, on some road to Damascus, he looked at politics in another light; and henceforth he spoke against his political rivals in a spirit less vindictive than he had used in his early days. But he grew in power of argument as well as in kindliness of spirit. For years, for example, he struggled to demonstrate the proposition which he eventually demonstrated at Cooper Union. But six years it took him to make the argument effective. Thus, slowly grew Lincoln to power. It is my purpose in the Introduction to trace this two-fold development of Abraham Lincoln: first, to show how he abandoned the spirit of the partisan. For this purpose, the Scott Club speech is compared to the 'Apple of Gold Speech.' To show how Lincoln grew in power of debate, the argument used in the Indianapolis and Leavenworth speeches is compared to the same argument as used in Cooper Union.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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