Briggs, John Channing,  1948- <br/><br/>
Lincoln's speeches reconsidered / 
John Channing Briggs. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2005. 
 - 370 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-361) and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction : The mind of the persuader -- Rhetorical contexts -- The Lyceum address : "On the perpetuation of our political institutions" -- The temperance address : moral reform and emancipation-- The speech on the War with Mexico and the eulogy for Zachary Taylor : " injustice and heroic virtue " -- The eulogy for Henry Clay : persuasion and/or principle -- The Kansas-Nebraska speech : popular sovereignty and self-government -- The "house divided" speech : the logic of hopeful resolve -- Lecture on discoveries and inventions : self-government and inventions : self-government and arts of literacy -- The Milwaukee address : thorough farming and self-government -- The Cooper Union address : the empirical wager -- Presidential eloquence and political religion : governing "in the providence of God" -- The farewell address : "Let us confidently hope" -- The first inaugural , the Gettysburg address, and the second inaugural : providence and persuasion -- Postscript.  The letter to Mrs. Bixby : secular scripture. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801881064 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801881060 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004021139 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA536299  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013185527  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Literary art.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.<br/>Speeches, addresses, etc., American--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 E 457  / L736B 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/092