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Lincoln: A Great Man, Emphasis on the “Man” Part

Two centuries after Lincoln’s birth, scholarship about him either makes him a secular saint, a crude politician forced into the anti-slavery camp by outside forces, or a writer who became President. He was all of these things and none: He was the consummate politician determined to become President, save the Union, then abolish slavery.

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- March 16, 2010 -

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