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According to Lincoln scholar, David E. Long( The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham
Lincoldns Reelection and the End of Slavery ), history has thrown up precious
few individuals who have reshaped the landscape of human experience and
potential. Of all the great national leaders of the previous century, the
individual who stands like a colossus astride the nineteenth centurythe
champion of democratic government and the common person at a time when the rest
of the world had rejected such notions in favor of monarchs and despotsis
Abraham Lincoldn, and he is at the center of American history. Lincoln, writes
Lang, has been a source of inspiration for every generation of Americans since
the Civil War, and every president since Lincoln has had the unenviable task of
attempting to conduct his administration against the measuring stick left by
our sixteenth chief executive. As demonstrated by this wide range of essays,
his influence is indeed pervasive. These papers, written by many of todays
leading presidential scholars and social historians, contribute significantly
to our understanding and appreciation of Lincoln the president, emancipator,
constitutionalist, and role model. Some of the topics include: a fascinating examination of Lincolns
quarrelsome yet capable cabinet; a trio of insightful essays on his impact on
successors Rutherford Hayes, FDR, and Gerald Ford; two sharply contrasting
opinions regarding Lincolns contentious relations with the Supreme Court and
his assumption and exercise of extraordinary (if not unconstitutional) powers;
and an engrossing discussion of the visions, dreams and premonitions that
haunted Lincoln until his death by an assassins bullet. Just as Lincoln himself
was a benchmark for presidential successors, Abraham Lincoln: Contemporary,
will be the benchmark against which future collections of essays will be
measured.
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