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In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a ...
Mr. Wilson received the 1999 Lincoln Award for his book [Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln], published by Alfred A. Knopf. He talked about his book and described the young ...
Today The Salt Lake Tribune's editorial board shares President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving proclamation.“His call upon the Almighty Hand was not to win the war, but to restore the nation to ...
One child is heard gasping and exclaiming, "Did Abraham Lincoln die?" as the rest of the class erupts into tears. Cal, clearly caught off guard, can be heard laughing in disbelief at the intense ...
A new book from a familiar voice explores the social intelligence and political acumen of Abraham Lincoln.
Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...
Trump is no Abraham Lincoln Editor: In time for Lincoln’s birthday, I have a thought for everyone. Lincoln appealed to “the better angels of our nature.” Trump, it’s been said, gives ...
QUESTION Is it true that Abraham Lincoln had an unusually high-pitched voice? Which other figures from history had unusual voices? U.S. journalist Horace White met Lincoln in 1854 and famously ...
The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated have been sold for $1.52 million at a controversial auction.
Lincoln was a better speechwriter than speaker. Normally, the success of a speech depends in considerable part on the speaker's voice and presence.
It was with good reason that Lincoln, as devoted a student of the Declaration of Independence as any American president—with the possible exception of its author, Thomas Jefferson—pointed to the ...