prodigious 16th President of the United States of America‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ once said “I am not bound to win‚ but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed‚ but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right‚ and stand with him while he is right‚ and part with him when he goes wrong.” (Lincoln) Such insight can be firmly applied to the dialogue Apology by Plato‚ in which Socrates offers his argument that he should be penalized by being fed at the Prytaneum
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Lincoln’s success in the election was due to his moderate views on slavery‚ his protective tariff and his support for improving national infrastructure. In the final election‚ Lincoln found himself in a four-way race that included Stephan Douglas‚ his friend and now rival‚ John C. Breckinridge of the Northern Democrats and John Bell of the Constitution Party. Lincoln won the election with not quite forty percent of the popular vote‚ but received 180 of 303 electoral votes. Lincoln’s cabinet became
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A rhetorical analysis of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. In a very reverent‚ yet quick‚ address‚ Abraham Lincoln not only honorably bestows a farewell to the soldiers who gave their lives for the livelihood of their country‚ but through his rhetorical usage of juxtaposition‚ repetition‚ and parallelism‚ Lincoln unites his speech together‚ and this in turn transfers into his central message of unity as a nation. Lincoln’s usage of juxtaposition‚ the comparison of two ideas‚ gives life to
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In Abraham Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address‚ the audience expects a lengthy speech on politics‚ slavery‚ and states’ rights‚ but is actually embraced with encouraging words about mending the broken nation after the effects of the Civil War. Lincoln does this by using ethos‚ pathos and tone with in his speech to reach out to his audience‚ and make them feel as if they are held responsible to help they’re beloved nation when it is in need of care. Within Lincoln’s ethos‚ pathos‚ and tone he persuades
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Do you really know Abraham Lincoln’s reasons for fighting in the civil war? Well to begin with‚ Lincoln argued that the reason for fighting was to preserve the Union‚ but towards the end of the war‚ his reasons has changed to what the cause of the war really was‚ which was to end slavery. Originally‚ Abraham Lincoln’s reason for fighting in the civil war was to preserve the Union‚ as he said in his First Inaugural Address‚ “You have no oath to destroy the government‚ while I shall have the most
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Abraham Lincoln: “House Divided” Speech The House Divided speech took place on June 16‚ 1858 in Springfield‚ Illinois. It was recited by Abraham Lincoln as he accepted the Republican Party nomination as a representative of the United States Senate. The primary issue throughout the course of this speech was the heavily controversial issue of slavery. In 1854‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed; this act allowed citizens of new territories would decide whether or not they should have slavery‚ which
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10.) Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14‚1865‚ by a man named John Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln was shot and killed while at a showing at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth(Abraham killer) was a man from Maryland and remained in the North. Himself and six conspirators originally planned a kidnapping with President Lincoln but he failed to show up. This made Mr.Booth take actions to his own hands by sneaking behind him at a play and tragically
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I feel that Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” is the most compelling of all the speeches that I read . Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” was the most compelling speech because of the way he wrote the speech with a sad‚ somber tone and also hinted towards equality and freedom for all men. In the very beginning of the “Gettysburg Address” written by the 16th president of the United States -- Abraham Lincoln‚ reminds the public what the United States of America was founded upon; the
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In Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln faces a deeply divided nation in midst of a civil war. Lincoln hopes to mend fences by making a moving speech using inclusive and optimistic diction ‚parallelism‚ appeal to Common Christian‚ and substantial amount of balanced syntax. Lincoln’s optimistic diction invokes a sense of unity and establishes common ground for both‚ North and South‚ to find a compromise. Instead of using "the South" and "the North"‚ Lincoln always uses “all” to connect
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of the greatest examples would be Abraham Lincoln and his vision to abolish slavery. Slavery did not end overnight‚ it took 78 years to finally get abolished. Throughout these 78 years the idea of abolishing slavery was met with much resistance from the south. This resistance is what led to the Civil War. It all finally ended on June 19‚ 1865. This shows that no dream can be achieved in a single day‚ but takes years of struggling and resistance to happen. His vision took years
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