Bonds of Affection: Civic Charity and the Making of America--Winthrop, Jefferson, and Lincoln

Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Prologue: ‘‘Bonds of Affection’’—Three Founding Moments 1 PART ONE Winthrop and America’s Point of Departure Hawthorne’s Suggestion 21 1 A Model of Christian Charity 27 2 Two Cities upon a Hill 56 PART TWO Jefferson and the Founding 1776—The Other Declaration 93 3 A Model of Natural Liberty 97 4 ‘‘To Close the Circle of Our Felicities’’ 128 PART THREE Lincoln and the Refounding of America From Tom to Abe 161 5 ‘‘Hail Fall of Fury! Reign of Reason, All Hail!’’ 169 6 ‘‘This Nation, Under God’’ 200 7 A Model of Civic Charity 219 vii viii Contents Conclusion: Bonds of Freedom 241 Appendix A John Winthrop’s ‘‘A Model of Christian Charity’’ Speech 261 Appendix B Thomas Jefferson’s ‘‘original Rough draught’’ of the Declaration of Independence 277 Appendix C Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural 283 Appendix D Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural 289 Bibliography 291 Index 309 ...