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Discoveries and Inventions: A lecture by Abraham Lincoln delivered in 1860
The LectureDiscoveries and Inventionsby our greatest American, presents a phase of Lincolns activity about which little is generally known. It shows as clearly as any of his other writings how great was Lincolns knowledge of the progress of mankind, particularly as related in the Bible, and it reveals also his debt to that Book of Books for inspiration and illustration, as well as his masterly use of pure English, largely gained through that study. In the fateful year of 1860, the year of his election to the presidency, Lincoln took up, in the pause of his affairs after the long debate with Douglas, the custom of lyceum lecturing, then in great5 vogue. This lecture on Discoveries and Inventions was delivered in towns near his home, Springfield, Illinois, and in Springfield itself on Washingtons birthday. Five days later Lincoln made his great speech at Cooper Union in New York. The original manuscript, from which this edition, the first in book form, is made, was a cherished possession of the late Dr. Samuel Houston Melvin, of Oakland, California, formerly a resident of Springfield, Illinois, and a friend of Mr. Lincoln. Just prior to Dr. Melvins death, in 1898, he made6 an affidavit setting forth the history of the manuscript; that statement is as follows: ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 52007
Author: Lincoln, Abraham
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English
Illustrator: Coyle, Ray Frederick, 1885-1924
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