Selected writings of Abraham Lincoln
1920
Includes: Lincoln chronology (p. 339-345) Autobiographies. Autobiographical sketch prepared fro the Dictionary of Congress -- Brief autobiography prepared for J.W. Fell -- Short autobiography prepared for a popular campaign -- Memorandum given to the artist Hicks -- 1836-1853. Early principles of popular government -- Reverence for law -- On the stump -- A new view of slavery -- Opinions on Texas -- Against the Mexican War -- Self-advice for a lawyer -- Advice to a slack man -- 1854-1860. "Lost speech" on slavery -- The slavery crisis -- Origin of the idea of half slave and half free -- Equality the central idea -- No dissolution of the Union -- Dred Scott decision -- "A house divided against itself cannot stand" -- Popular sovereignty -- Essence of the Declaration of Independence -- The Freeport Doctrine -- Definition of democracy -- Our defense is the spirit of liberty -- Come back to the Declaration of Independence -- The principles of Jefferson -- Capitol and labor -- An appeal to the South at Cooper Institute -- Labor's interest against slavery -- Knownothingism -- Elected President -- To run the machines as it is -- The basis of compromise -- 1861-1865. The state of the Union -- The First Inaugural -- Asking advice of the Senate -- The President is president -- Loss of a noble soldier -- The call to arms -- The war message -- "Wanting to work" -- The nation and the war -- A message to English working men -- Executive order on political prisoners -- Friendship with other nations -- Advice to the border states -- Proclamation of Thanksgiving for victories -- Thanks to the soldiers -- The broader powers of the Constitution -- The Army and fugitive slaves -- Duty of aliens -- Answer to the "Prayer of twenty millions" -- Colonization of Negroes -- Delay in emancipation -- Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation -- The judgment of the country -- The slowness of the war -- Hopes of peace -- Final Proclamation of Emancipation -- The Commander-in-Chief to the general
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