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| 1 | "With a task before me greater than ... Washington" : farewell address at Springfield, February 11, 1861 | 3 |
| 2 | "This, his almost chosen people" : speeches and remarks, train trip from Springfield to Washington, February 11-23, 1861 | 23 |
| 3 | "The mystic chords of memory" : first inaugural address, March 4, 1861 | 62 |
| 4 | "This is ... a people's contest" : message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861 | 98 |
| 5 | "My paramount object in this struggle" : reply to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 | 125 |
| 6 | "God wills this contest" : meditation on the divine will, September 2(?), 1862 | 153 |
| 7 | "We cannot escape history" : annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862 | 170 |
| 8 | "You say you will not fight to free negroes" : letter to the rally at Springfield, August 26, 1863 | 190 |
| 9 | "This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863 | 223 |
| 10 | "I claim not to have controlled events" : "little speech" to Albert G. Hodges, April 4, 1864 | 260 |
| 11 | "With malice toward none; with charity for all" : second inaugural address, March 4, 1865 | 277 |
| App. 1 | Farewell address at Springfield, February 11, 1861 | 310 |
| App. 2 | Speeches and remarks, train trip from Springfield to Washington, February 11-23, 1861 | 312 |
| App. 3 | First inaugural address, March 4, 1861 | 329 |
| App. 4 | Message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861 | 347 |
| App. 5 | Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 | 363 |
| App. 6 | Meditation on the divine will, September 2(?), 1862 | 365 |
| App. 7 | Annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862 | 366 |
| App. 8 | Abraham Lincoln to James C. Conkling, letter to the Springfield rally, August 26, 1863 | 384 |
| App. 9 | Gettysburg address, November 19, 1863 | 390 |
| App. 10 | "Little speech" to Albert C. Hodges, April 4, 1864 | 393 |
| App. 11 | Second inaugural address, March 4, 1865 | 397 |
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Celita Morrow
reviewed The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln through His Words on May 08, 2013 The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln through His Words
I've read many books about Lincoln, but this one stands out. White selects several of Lincoln's speeches, and shows what Lincoln was going through when he wrote this speech, and what the country was going through at the time. What you come away with is a sense of how Lincoln worked to meet the moment, and also speak to the ages.
This book is written so cleanly that it seems almost effortless. And that means that the author worked hard to get all the readers on board. You don't have to be a Lincoln scholar to appreciate this book. The writing is so clear that non-specialists will enjoy it too.
White works carefully with Lincoln's use of scripture, and with Lincoln's faith so far as it can be known. He does not overplay it, for Lincoln was a pretty private person when it came to religious beliefs. Yet Lincoln's use of scripture and his wrestling with God over the meaning of the war are there in his speeches.
I got interested in this book because I heard White give a lecture about Lincoln, which was broadcast on the radio. White had such a warm tone, as he spoke of Lincoln. He came across as very very well informed, yet so disarming and unpretentious. I liked him immediately and ordered his book. White does a masterful job of using Lincoln's own words to understand Lincoln. Along the way you learn a lot of things about Civil War America.
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