Lincoln's Greatest Speech The Second Inaugural

In the tradition of Wills's "Lincoln at Gettysburg, Lincoln's Greatest Speech" combines impeccable scholarship and lively, engaging writing to reveal the full meaning of one of the greatest speeches in the nation's history.

Ronald C. White Jr. is professor of American Intellectual and Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary, as well as the author and editor of five books. He lives in La Cañada, California.

Handwritten Text of the Second Inaugural

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Printed Text of the Second Inaugural

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Inauguration Day

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``At this second appearing . . .''

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``And the war came.''

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``. . . somehow, the cause of the war . . .''

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``Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God . . .''

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``The Almighty has His own purposes.''

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``. . . every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword . . .''

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``With malice toward none; with charity for all . . .''

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``. . . better than anything I have produced, but . . . it is not immediately popular.''

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Epilogue

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Appendix I The Text of the Second Inaugural Address

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Appendix II Lincoln's ``Little Speech'': Letter to Albert G. Hodges

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Appendix III Abraham Lincoln: ``Meditation on the Divine Will''

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Notes

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Bibliography

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Index to Other Lincoln Texts

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Acknowledgments

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Index

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Photography Credits

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