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Lincoln's virtues : an ethical biography
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Traces Abraham Lincoln's moral and intellectual development in the context of his times and in contrast with the leading issues of the day, including slavery.
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- Creator
- William Lee Miller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 515 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 037540158X, 9780375401589
- OCLC
- ocm47081374
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ch. 1. Who is this fellow? He is smarter than he looks -- ch. 2. Noble rage -- ch. 3. He will be good : but God knows when -- ch. 4. I want in all cases to do right -- ch. 5. Was this man a politician? -- ch. 6. Rising public man -- ch. 7. Another president, another war -- ch. 8. Politics and morals -- ch. 9. Thunderstruck in Illinois -- ch. 10. I shall try to show that it is wrong -- ch. 11. Our duty as we understand it -- ch. 12. The worthy work of party-building -- ch. 13. Not so much greater than the rest of us -- ch. 14. Lincoln's defense of our common humanity -- ch. 15. Such an impression -- ch. 16. The man with the blue umbrella -- ch. 17. Let grass grow where it may