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UNISA996385792203316 |
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Penn William <1644-1718.> |
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An epistle containing a salutation to all faithful friends, a reproof to the unfaithful, and a visitation to the enquiring [[electronic resource] ] : in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity |
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Monografia |
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Caption title. |
Signed: William Penn. |
Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. |
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UNINA9910959294403321 |
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Lincoln's enduring legacy : perspectives from great thinkers, great leaders, and the American experiment / / edited by Robert P. Watson, William D. Pedersen, and Frank J. Williams |
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Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2011 |
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979-82-16-31186-7 |
1-283-08467-8 |
9786613084675 |
0-7391-4991-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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WatsonRobert P. <1962-> |
PedersenWilliam D |
WilliamsFrank J |
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Political leadership - United States - History - 19th century |
Presidents - United States |
United States Politics and government Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1 What Would Lincoln Do?; Part II: Lincoln's Legacy with Great Thinkers and Leaders; 2 Tolstoy's Lincoln; 3 Mill and Lincoln on Liberty; 4 Theodore Roosevelt and the Heirs of Abraham Lincoln; 5 Woodrow Wilson and Lincoln's Bridge to the World; 6 Lincoln's Impact on Martin Luther King Jr.; 7 Lincoln and the Idea of a Democratic Peace; Part III: Lincoln's Legacy and American Memory; 8 African American Memory and the Great Emancipator; 9 Lincoln, the Roosevelts, and Herbert Croly's America; 10 Lincoln's Relationship with Gentility in America |
11 Lincoln's Use of Religion and Morality12 Shaping American Foreign Policy: Comparing Lincoln/Seward and Nixon/Kissinger; 13 Lincoln as Father: Dealing with Tragedy in the White House; Part IV: Epilogue; 14 Abraham Lincoln's Enduring Legacy: Bicentennial Reflections; Index; About the Contributors |
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This collection of highly readable and accessible essays on Lincoln's |
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legacy offers a wide array of perspectives on the enduring impact of the nation's greatest president on leaders, thinkers, and American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds have influenced the pursuit of justice and freedom and the practice of democracy in the century and a half since he governed. |
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