Title: Abraham Lincoln, the greatest American /
Authors: Jennings, Janet.
Publisher: W.H. Wagner,
Year: 1914
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham,; Presidents United States Biography; United States Politics and government
Abstract: Devoted principally to Lincoln's virtues.
Contents: American democracy: faith in prayer -- Emancipation -- Supremacy of character -- Moral courage: Lincoln-Douglas debates ; Oratory -- William Scott: the Sleeping sentinel -- Autobiography -- First political speech: Missouri Compromise ; Rights of the Negro -- Story telling: relief to stress of mind -- Labor and capital: liberty defined -- The father of waters again goes unvexed to the sea -- Border states slaves -- The lawyer: Circuit Court practice ; Favorite hymn, "Morality" -- City Point: last days -- Lincoln wisdom, philosophy, epigrams: Gettysburg Address ; Tributes -- Address of President, University of Wisconsin, on acceptance of Statue ; Poems by Clara Barton, Frederick L. Hosmer, James Russell, Edwin Markham.