astonishing quality; many of them are some of the truest, most enduring statements of democratic belief and goals ever to be found. Indeed, upon reading his words, which are always moving and memorable, one often experiences a chill, so profound was his thinking and so extraordinary his ability to speak what he felt. With 'Abraham Lincoln: In His Own Words,' editors Harrison and Gilbert have designed a volume that will easily acquaint readers with the best speeches and writings of Lincoln. They have carefully selected from a lifetime of his diverse public speeches and private writings so that what comes through for the reader is a sense of Lincoln's innate, and unshakable, beliefs in freedom, liberty and equality. Some of the documents selected are famous--the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln's second inaugural, and the speech about "the house divided against itself," for example--- while others are obscure. But all provide the reader with real insight into the essential Lincoln--- something that no biography or book of history can do. Includes bibliography and index.

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