Originally published: New York : Random House, c2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-426) and index.
Contents:
"With a task before me greater than ... Washington" : farewell address at Springfield, February 11, 1861 -- "This, his almost chosen people" : speeches and remarks train trip from Springfield to Washington, February 11-23, 1861 -- "The mystic chords of memory" : first Inaugural address, March 4, 1861-- "This is ... a people's contest" : message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861-- My paramount object in this struggle" : reply to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862 -- "God wills this contest" : meditation on the divine will, September 2 , 1862 -- "We cannot escape history" : annual message to Congress, December 1, 1862 -- "You say you will not fight to free Negroes" : letter to the rally at Springfield, August 26, 1863 -- "This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom" : Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 -- "I claim not to have controlled events" : "little speech" to Albert Hodges, April 4, 1864 -- "With malice toward none; with charity for all" : second Inaugural address, March 4, 1865.
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