Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians

In ethics, if anywhere, a master needs to be mentally sane and strong. Truth cannot be trifled with here. Error here, whether in judgment or as to fact, is fatal. Insight to exa...

Deeply set within the heart of Lincoln in this last inaugural was his binding sense of right. This obligation was civic. The speech can be described as a statement of what a loy...

The marvelous beauty of the Athenian Parthenon is displayed in four façades. Upon these four sides runs a frieze in a continuous band, crowning all the columns, and binding all...

In Lincoln's character is a beautiful illustration of moral balance. He stands before the eye unchangeably, like the Capitol dome at Washington, a signal exhibition of firmness,...

In all the chapters that have gone before, the essential constructive factors have been very few. This is evident from their continual reiteration--a reiteration that is too con...