White, Jr., "Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address has lived under the shadow ... White’s fascination with the 16th President was sparked at a 1993 seminar. "He was the average American, with ...

But other than mentioning "the lash of the whip," an echo of Lincoln's towering second inaugural address, and "gathering clouds and raging storms," Obama did not seem to quote the 16th president.

Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American president ... are not only quite short (the second inaugural is just a shade over 700 words, the Gettysburg Address shorter still), but did not deal in ...

His Gettysburg Address (1863) and Second Inaugural Address (1865 ... In his acceptance speech, Lincoln criticized President Buchanan, denounced slavery, and declared "a house divided cannot ...

President Donald Trump used his second inaugural address to hold up his indomitability and escape from a would-be assassin’s bullet as a metaphor for a “strong,” “proud” nation that “w ...

as their provisional president. In his inaugural address, delivered on March 4, 1861, Lincoln proclaimed that it was his duty to maintain the Union. He also declared that he had no intention of ...

When Lincoln left Illinois and headed east for his inauguration, he told the crowd at the Springfield railroad station that he confronted challenges equal only to those that had faced the nation’s ...