February 3, 2009
As Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln opposed the secession of the southern states militarily and under his leadership the armed forces of the United States defeated the secessionist movement on the battlefield. In his addresses to the American people, Lincoln mounted powerful arguments opposing secession on all fronts – on legal grounds, on political grounds, on economic grounds, on patriotic grounds, and [...]
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January 27, 2009
I am greatly indebted to the students in my Jurisprudence class. In three hours yesterday evening they gave me more insight into Lincoln's thought and work than I had gained in thousands of hours of solitary work. I shall be drawing upon their ideas for some time to come. In this posting I shall [...]
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