Selected Writings of Abraham Lincoln (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... contemporary. Interest in writers of our own day naturally precedes interest in the older, even standard writers. So far as appeal is concerned, literature, like charity, begins at home, both as to time and place. Later, some of the elder masterpieces will be offered, like a novel of Scotts, or George Eliots, or a play by Sheridan or Goldsmith. But it should be realized and recognized that the work of modern men such as Stevenson, or Huxley, can lay claim to equal consideration so long as it is sound as art and sane and tonic in the representation of life. An author of to-day is not of necessity to be treated as a suspect, although he has not so long been tested by critical opinion. It is believed that the contemporary writers included here have produced masterpieces deserving inclusion in any fair, broadminded, and enjoyable study of the native letters. That is why they are presented herewith, and given prominence. R. B. 13. 1854, May 29 Lost Speech on Slavery. 60 14. 1855, Aug. 24 The Slavery Crisis 64 15. 1855, Aug. 15 Origin op the Idea of Half Slave AND Half Free 70 16. 1856 Equality the Central Idea. 71 17. 1856 No Dissolution of the Union. 73 18. 1857, June 26 Dred Scott Decision. 75 19. 1858, June 16 A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand 78 20. 1858, July 10 Popular Sovereignty. 88 21. 1858, July 10 Essence of the Declaration of Independence 91 22. 1858, Aug. 27 The Freeport Doctrine. 93 23. 1858, Aug. 1?1 Definition of Democracy. 98 24. 1858, Sept. 13 Our Defense Is the Spirit op Liberty 98 25. 1858, Aug. 17 Come Back to the Declaration of Independence 99 26. 1859, Apr. 6 The Principles of Jefferson. 102 27. 1859, Sept. 17 Capital and Labor 104 28. 1860, Feb. 27 An Appeal to the South at Cooper Institute 1860, Labors...