Lincoln And His Poetic Nature
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Lincoln And His Poetic Nature
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Author : Herman August Heydt
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-02-17
Lincoln And His Poetic Nature written by Herman August Heydt and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from Lincoln and His Poetic Nature: An Address Before the Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee, on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the University, February 12, 1937 We are assembled today to venerate a great and noble man the personification of God's sublime gift to mankind. And in our veneration we are not absorbed by meticulous accounts of deeds, but of the poetic and beautiful soul and spirit which made him our own Abraham Lincoln. At the first flush it might seem incongruous to associate with Lincoln a poetic spirit. The Muse of Poesy does not, in general, dwell in the backwoods or in the frontier hills or rolling prairies. Nor do we. Expect it in a. Gaunt, athletic figure, born in privation and hardship, with a life devoted to toil and the con stant effort to earn a livelihood. But the man who wrote the letter to the widow Bixby, upon the loss of her five sons upon the honor fields of battle of the Civil War, who could conceive and indite the second Inaugural Address, who could utter the immor tal words which echoed and re-echoed, unto all the world from the field of Gettysburg - which was declared by Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Chancellor of Oxford University, to be the master piece o-f modern English eloquence; and who, in addition felt the urge to write and could write poems to his various friends and on various occasions; the man, who possessed a sympathetic heart, and could and did understand the suffering and emotions of others; the man whose spirit could rise above the fogs and mists which obscure right thinking, and ascending beyond the dismal, obliterating realm, could look down upon the panorama of his own humankind, and in a spirit of oneness could feel with them; could sense the wrong, and gently yet firmly endeavor to right the wrong, - such a man is indeed possessed of a poetic na ture. There is a sweetness in such a nature, a tenderness and an all-surmounting, all-prevailing manifestation of nobleness which beautified all that he undertook. It is the expression of poesy which infiltrates one's silent thoughts, one's deed, one's daily life. It unifies with the reality to exalt the same, and thus make it more bearable to mankind. And like a Chrysalis it gradually em erges with all the glory of a butterfly, though more permanent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Lincoln And His Poetic Nature
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Author : Herman August Heydt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
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The Superlative A Lincoln
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Author : Eileen R. Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Release Date : 2019-11-05
The Superlative A Lincoln written by Eileen R. Meyer and has been published by Charlesbridge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Tallest, wisest, most studious--Lincoln was simply superlative! Get to know the personal side of Honest Abe (his LEAST FAVORITE nickname) through fresh and funny poems expressing his superlative nature. Abraham Lincoln is famous for many extremes: he was the TALLEST president, who gave the GREATEST SPEECH and had the STRONGEST conviction. But did you know that he was also the MOST DISTRACTED farmer, the BEST wrestler, and the CRAFTIEST storyteller? Nineteen poems share fascinating stories about events in Lincoln's life, while history notes go even deeper into how he excelled. Don't forget to think of all the ways you, too, are superlative!
Lincoln And The Natural Environment
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Author : James Tackach
language : en
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-04
Lincoln And The Natural Environment written by James Tackach and has been published by Southern Illinois University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-04 with History categories.
In this groundbreaking environmental biography of Abraham Lincoln, James Tackach maps Lincoln’s lifelong relationship with the natural world from his birth and boyhood on Midwestern farms through his political career and presidency dealing with the effects of the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. Lincoln was born in a generation that grew up on farms but began to move to cities as industrialization transformed the American economy. Turning away from the outdoor, manual labor of his youth, he chose careers in law and politics but always found solace outside first on the prairies of Illinois and, later, at the woodsy presidential retreat. As Tackach shows, Lincoln relied on examples and metaphors from the natural world in his speeches and writings. As a member of the Whig Party Lincoln endorsed the Industrial Revolution, which transformed the nation’s economy and its physical, social, and cultural landscapes, and advocated for the creation of railroads, canals, roads, and bridges to facilitate growth and the distribution of products. But he and his party failed to take steps to protect the natural environment. Surveying the destruction of the environment in the mid-nineteenth century, Tackach outlines how some American writers, the first voices for protection and conservation, began to call attention to the results of deforestation and the overhunting of animals during Lincoln’s lifetime. As commander in chief during the Civil War, Lincoln approved a strategy that included significant infrastructure and environmental damage. In the South, where most of the battles occurred, Union troops burned cities and towns and destroyed plantations, farms, and natural landscapes. Tackach argues that, midway through his presidency, Lincoln seemed to sense that postwar Reconstruction would have to be spiritual, political, economic, and environmental in order to heal the nation’s wounds. He signed the Morrill Act, creating the land-grant colleges, and the environmentally progressive Yosemite Grant Act, which preserved thousands of acres of forest in California. The first scholar to thoroughly investigate Lincoln’s lifelong relationship with the natural environment, Tackach paints Lincoln’s personal and professional life against the backdrop of nineteenth-century American environmental history, issues, and writers, providing insights into contemporary environmental issues.
Lincoln Literary Collection
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Author : J. P. McCaskey
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
Lincoln Literary Collection written by J. P. McCaskey and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from Lincoln Literary Collection: Designed for School-Room and Family Circle This book is named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, in the desire to aid in extending and perpetuating the habit for which our best-loved President is widely known, that of committing to memory poems that he enjoyed. He was a unique man, who did many things that are unusual, but seem very human and natural for gracious and tender souls like himself. He kept intellectual company with choice, lovable spirits, because he was of their kin, and so he grew more and more like unto them, and more and more into the confidence and affections of a mighty people, until they had taken him to their heart of hearts, as no man before in our national history. He was a great man. raised up by Providence at a time when the nation sorely needed so pure a patriot, so far-sighted a leader, so wise a statesman. He was essentially religious, with a deep conviction of the abiding presence and overruling power of God; but at limes a sense of the tremendous responsibility upon him made him know profoundly the meaning of his favorite poem, "Oh, Why should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud?" As the years pass his memory grows in fragrance, redolent of the sweet spirit of good-will to men. Let it be kept green in the schools by following his good example, and adopting - knowing it to be his, and speaking of it as his - this wholesome Lincoln habit of committing to memory. "Commit to Memory" is the thought of the book - and appears upon every second page to emphasize its purpose - not everything, only a modest fraction, perhaps a fourth, or fifth, or sixth, of what is found in these pages, choosing the best, or that which is most enjoyed by those into whose hands the book may come. Know many of these things in the dark. Know them when you are apart from books, or sick, or tired, or lonely. Then go away with the poet, the hymn-writer or the seer, with the wise and the good of the past or of our own time, and in the study of the imagination commune with them in blessed companionship. It is a great thing thus to bear what these men and women say or sing of nature, or life, or destiny. Consider also what higher life is assured to the boy or girl who begins all this in school days. The "Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz" is taken to illustrate a ready and simple method of learning or teaching a poem in a very short time, so as to know and place the stanzas in order or to give any stanza out of its proper order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Abraham Lincoln The Evolution Of His Literary Style Volume 1
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Author : Daniel Kilham Dodge
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Abraham Lincoln The Evolution Of His Literary Style Volume 1 written by Daniel Kilham Dodge and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ...formation of foliage belonging to every species. 'Trees, ' he said, 'are as deceptive in their likeness to one another as are certain classes of men, amongst whom none but a physiognomist's eye can detect dissimilar moral features until events have developed them.'"1 It is significant that both these nature comparisons are based on woodcraft.8 'Nicolay & Hay, Works, II., 398.-. "Scribner's Monthly, XVIII., 586. In spite of this strong evidence of Lincoln's love and close observation of nature, few instances of true nature comparisons were noted in his writings, and none of these suggest the poetical coloring shown in the quotations just given. It is possible that Lincoln's nature comparisons were, like his stories, confined mainly to conversation, and that they were suggested, as in those instances, by the sight of the natural objects. A collection of notes for a lecture on Niagara Falls fur-. nishes the most important written testimony to Lincoln's love of nature and his habit of associating natural phenomena with the affairs of life. After commenting on the purely physical characteristics of the Falls, he continues: "The mere physical of Niagara Falls is only this. Yet this is really a very small part of that world's wonder. Its power to excite reflection and emotion is its great charm.... But still there is more. It calls up the indefinite past. When Columbus first sought this continent--when Christ suffered on the cross--when Moses led Israel through the Red Sea--nay, even when Adam first came from the hand of his Maker: then, as now, Niagara was roaring here. The eyes of that species of extinct giants whose bones fill the mounds of America have gazed on Niagara, as ours do now. Contemporary with the first race of...
Earth My Likeness
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Author : Walt Whitman
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2010
Earth My Likeness written by Walt Whitman and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Nature categories.
"Earth, My Likeness is a collection of poetry by Walt Whitman that focuses on nature and contains much of his best and most vital work accompanied by beautiful watercolor illustrations"--Provided by publisher.
Lincoln
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Author : Fred Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2008-10-16
Lincoln written by Fred Kaplan and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-16 with History categories.
“A fine, invaluable book. . . . Certain to become essential to our understanding of the 16th president. . . . Kaplan meticulously analyzes how Lincoln’s steadily maturing prose style enabled him to come to grips with slavery and, as his own views evolved, to express his deepening opposition to it.” — Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America's sixteenth president through his use of language both as a vehicle to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment. This unique and engrossing account of Lincoln's life and career highlights the shortcomings of the modern presidency, reminding us, through Lincoln's legacy and appreciation for language, that the careful and honest use of words is a necessity for successful democracy.
Lincoln Literary Collection
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Author : J. P. Mccaskey
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-01-25
Lincoln Literary Collection written by J. P. Mccaskey and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with Poetry categories.
Excerpt from Lincoln Literary Collection: Designed for School-Room and Family Circle And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee. Come, wander with me, she said, Into regions yet untrod And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Abraham Lincoln
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Author : Daniel Kilham Dodge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
Abraham Lincoln written by Daniel Kilham Dodge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with English language categories.