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Lincoln's Prose

By: Abraham Lincoln
Narrated by: George Vail
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Summary

We think of Lincoln as a great president, but he was also an eloquent and expressive writer and speaker. The superb performance by George Vail conveys Lincoln's depth of thought and feeling through these extraordinary pieces of literature.

The Program includes the following speeches and essays:

  • Niagara Falls
  • The Practice of Law
  • On Government
  • On the Republican Party
  • To Henry Pierce and Others
  • On Discoveries, Improvements and Inventions
  • Speech on the Dred Scott Decision
  • On Slavery
  • To George Robertson
  • On Pro Slavery Theology
  • On Slavery and Democracy
  • On the Struggle Against Slavery
  • First Inaugural Address
  • Speech at Independence Hall
  • To Ephraim D. and Phoebe Ellsworth
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • To Horace Greeley
  • Meditation on Divine Will
  • To James Conkling
  • Proclamation of Thanksgiving
  • Gettysburg Address
  • Second Inaugural Address
  • (P) and ©1994 Commuter's Library

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    Winner of Publishers Weekly Audio 1995 Best of the Year Award, Historical Works.
    "Lincoln has come close to laying bare the meaning of human life for his time and the ages." (David D. Anderson, Lincoln scholar)

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