Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas

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Copyright © 2009 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 4 3 2 1 Frontispiece: Lincoln at City Point by Albert Hunt. Charcoal sketch drawn from life during Lincoln’s visit to General Ulysses S. Grant’s headquarters in City Point, Virginia, on March 27, 1865. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guelzo, Allen C. Abraham Lincoln as a man of ideas / Allen C. Guelzo ; with a foreword by Michael Lind. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2861-1 (alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-2861-5 (alk. paper) 1. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Political and social views. 2. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809–1865—Philosophy. 3. United States—Politics and government—1861–1865. 4. United States—Politics and government—1845–1861. 5. United States—Politics and government —Philosophy. 6. Slaves—Emancipation—United States. 7. United States—Intellectual life—1783–1865. 8. Presidents—United States—Biography. I. Title. E457.2.G875 2009 973.7092—dc22 2008025089 Printed on recycled paper. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ ...