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In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues, William Lee

Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral

development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how

the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was

transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of

state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the

nation's Founders, Lincoln struggled to find a balance between the

universal ideals of Equality and Liberty and the monstrous

injustice of human slavery.

With wit and penetrating sensitivity, Miller brings together the

great themes that have become Lincoln's legacy—preserving the

United States of America while ending the odious institution that

corrupted the nation's meaning—and illuminates his remarkable

presidential combination: indomitable resolve and supreme

magnanimity.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

PART ONE

INTRODUCTION: HONEST ABE AMONG THE RULERS

Solemn Oath Registered in Heaven

Act ell Your Part, There All the Honor Lies

On Mastering the Situation: The Drama of Sumter

On Not Mastering the Situation: The Comedy of the Powhatan

Days of Choices: Two April Sundays

Realism Right at the Border

The Moral Meaning of the Union and the Iar

Bull Run and Other Defeats: Lincoln's Resolve

On Holding McClellan's Horse

The Trent and a Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind

Too I'ast for Malicious Dealing

PART TWO

SECOND INTRODUCTION: LINCOLN'S NATION AMONG THE NATIONS

I Feh It My Duy to Refuse

In Giving Freedom to the Slave, e Assure Freedom to the Free

The Prompt Vindication of His Honor

And the Promise Being Made, Must Be Kept

The Benign Prerogative to Pardon Unfortunate Guilt

Must I Shoot a Simple Soldier Boy?

……

William Lee Miller has taught at Yale University, Smith College,

Indiana University, and the University of Virginia, where he is

currently Miller Center of Public Affairs Scholar in Ethics and

Institutions. He has been an editor and writer on a political

magazine, a speechwriter, and a three-term alderman. He is the

author of numerous books. Arguing About Slavery won the D.B.

Hardeman Prize for the best book on Congress.

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“One of the best and most beautifully written accounts of the

great man's years in the White House.” —The Washington Post

“Superb. . . . Miller's portrait of Lincoln exhibits many familiar

facets, but by isolating and judging him on that moral plane he

shows how intelligence, humor, patience, and character can combine

spectacularly.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Deserves to be placed

alongside the masterpieces by David Herbert Donald, Merrill

Peterson and Michael Burlingame. . . . Exceptional.” —The Sunday

Star-Ledger “Splendid. . . . This rich and rewarding book

should be enjoyed by all those interested in Lincoln or the

presidency in general.” —BookPage

书籍介绍

In his acclaimed book Lincoln's Virtues , William Lee Miller explored Abraham Lincoln's intellectual and moral development. Now he completes his "ethical biography," showing how the amiable and inexperienced backcountry politician was transformed by constitutional alchemy into an oath-bound head of state. Faced with a radical moral contradiction left by the nation's Founders, Lincoln struggled to find a balance between the universal ideals of Equality and Liberty and the monstrous injustice of human slavery.

With wit and penetrating sensitivity, Miller brings together the great themes that have become Lincoln's legacy—preserving the United States of America while ending the odious institution that corrupted the nation's meaning—and illuminates his remarkable presidential combination: indomitable resolve and supreme magnanimity.