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Honest Abe [69] Uncle Abe [70] for his avuncularity in his later years. The Ancient One, [71] a nickname favored by White House insiders because of his "ancient wisdom". Grand Wrestler, Abraham was great at wrestling and only had one recorded loss [72] The Great Emancipator [73] and The Liberator [74] for the emancipation of the slaves. The ...
— Abraham Lincoln. 18. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” — Abraham Lincoln. 19. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Abraham ...
Abraham Lincoln, a portrait by Mathew Brady taken February 27, 1860, the day of Lincoln's Cooper Union speech in New York City. Lincoln accepted the nomination with great enthusiasm and zeal. After his nomination he delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe ...
Abraham Lincoln experienced his share of adversity in his early life as a poor farmer's son and on the job as America's 16th president. In honor of his birthday, AOL Jobs collected some of his ...
The Cooper Union speech or address, known at the time as the Cooper Institute speech, [1] was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on February 27, 1860, at Cooper Union, in New York City. Lincoln was not yet the Republican nominee for the presidency, as the convention was scheduled for May. It is considered one of his most important speeches.
In the 1840s, Abraham Lincoln, in his first-ever public speech, argued that America could not be killed from the outside, but could only “die by suicide.” Speaking against the lynching laws ...
Abraham Lincoln's Lyceum Address was delivered to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois on January 27, 1838, titled "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In his speech, a 28-year-old Lincoln warned that mobs or people who disrespected U.S. laws and courts could destroy the United States.
In Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, historian Allen C. Guelzo argues that Lincoln's boyhood inculcation of Calvinism was the dominant thread running through his adult life. He characterizes Lincoln's worldview as a kind of "Calvinized deism." [69] A Bible that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln resurfaced 150 years after his death.