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Sumner, Charles

 
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Sinopsis

A eulogy for Abraham Lincoln that links emancipation, union, and equal rights to a nation’s promise.

This nonfiction tribute explores how Lincoln’s actions and the Declaration shaped a new path for liberty. It frames emancipation as a turning point and calls on readers to honor the dead by upholding justice and equal protection for all.

The edition surveys the moral and political stakes of the era—from Emancipation Proclamation to debates about rights for the newly freed, and the role of public ideals in guiding national policy. It contrasts perseverance in crisis with the ongoing charge to realize the Fathers’ promises for every citizen.
  • Understand how emancipation extended the idea that “government of the people, by the people, for the people” must include all
  • See why the author describes slavery as a crime that warrants moral and political reckoning
  • Learn how foreign relations and public duty intersect with the fight for equal rights
  • Consider the argument for colored suffrage as vital to national unity and lasting peace
Ideal for readers of Civil War history, constitutional thought, and historical oratory that ties liberty to national renewal.

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Excerpt from The Promises of the Declaration of Independence: Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered Before the Municipal Authorities of the City of Boston, June 1, 1865

IN the universe of God there are no accidents. From the fall of a sparrow to the fall Of an empire, or the. Sweep of a planet, all is according to Divine Providence, Whose laws are everlasting. It was no accident which gave to his country the patriot Whom we now honor. It was no accident which snatched this patriot, so suddenly and so cruelly, from his sublime duties. Death is as little of. An accident as life. Perhaps never in history has this Providence been more conspicuous than in that recent procession Of events, where the final triumph was wrapt in the gloom of tragedy. It will be our duty to catch the moral Of this stupendous drama.

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