One of many Daniel Chester French’s most famous works was the 1920 statue of Abraham Lincoln. The statue weighs 170 tons and is composed of 28 blocks of white Georgia marble. Its dimensions are 30 feet from the floor‚ 19-foot seated figure (with armchair and footrest) upon an 11-foot high pedestal. This figure of Lincoln gazes out as if he is looking at you and is constructed a slightly downward expression. Lincoln has his hands resting on the sides as well as his coat unbuttoned. From observing
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can only remain valuable when it can be applied to the modern world. That is‚ it has to first relate to a topic which is important to humanity - this topic then has to remain important for as long as it is considered valuable. The speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King
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STUDENT: PLATON OANA MADALINA SA I TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………… p.3 2. THE ISSUE OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA……….. p.4 3. THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ……………………………………..p.7 "From a genuine abolition point of view‚ Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy‚ cold‚ dull and indifferent‚ but measuring him by the sentiment of his country - a sentiment he was bound as a
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Abraham Lincoln In this paper I will be talking about Abraham Lincoln‚ his life before presidency ‚ life through election ‚ while he was president ‚ and his death. Abraham was born on February 12 on Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky. As a child he helped his father around the farm with planting corn and pumpkins. At age seven his family moved to Indiana Abraham he learned to use a axe and he helped his dad with building a new cabin and clearing out the land. When Abraham was nine his mother died
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According to historians‚ Abraham Lincoln is considered to be one of the greatest Presidents of all time. Abraham Lincoln possessed all the qualities that an outstanding leader has. He was one of the bravest and respected presidents that we have ever had. During his tenure as president he had many accomplishments as president of our very young country. One of the best but yet toughest decision he made was to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus in order to push down the rebellion and in the interest
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Abraham Lincoln‚ George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are three of the greatest leaders and have impacted America immensly. They all contributed to the foundation of our country and the some of the ideologies that they introduced during their terms is still relevant to this day. But there is a lot of argument on who was the stronger president between the three. Abraham Lincoln was most definitely the strongest president out of the three former leaders‚ due to his determination towards abolishing
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by Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of many new changes such as; California becoming a state‚ popular sovereignty being settled in States like Utah and New Mexico‚ banning of slavery in
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have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races." How can this 1858 statement of Abraham Lincoln be reconciled with his 1862 Emancipation Proclamation? After reading this quote‚ how can one think of Abraham Lincoln as the great man he is said to be? It has become very clear that Lincoln was not thinking of blacks as people when he wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. He was thinking of what was right in the eyes of others. He was
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When Abraham Lincoln was elected president and vowed to abolish slavery‚ he promised that he had “no purpose‚ directly or indirectly‚ to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists” (Source C). However‚ South Carolina did not believe in his ideas of slavery and chose to secede on December 20‚ 1860 along with six other states‚ which are Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. They seceded because the secessionists thought that the new Republican administration
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Important Figures/People • Abraham was known as the founder/patriarch of the Jewish religion when he declared that he believes in the one true God. In Judaism‚ Abraham‚ previously known as Abram‚ is said to have received a message from the God. God told Abram to leave his home and family and in return God changed his name to Abraham‚ gave him His blessing and promised him he would become a great nation. Many years passed and as he grew old Abraham and his wife Sarai who was renamed Sarah worried
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