According to Lincoln scholar, David E. Long( The Jewel of Liberty: Abraham Lincoldn's Reelection and the End of Slavery ), history has thrown up precious few individuals who have 'reshaped the landscape of human experience and potential.' Of all the great national leaders of the previous century, 'the individual who stands like a colossus astride the nineteenth century-the champion of democratic government and the common person at a time when the...
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