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    <body><![CDATA[I decided upon this book to learn more about Lincoln the writer, not Lincoln the man. I can say with confidence it is a wonderful tool if other readers decide to follow the same course that I did. If instead they want to better know Lincoln the man and the arc of his thought, this book may suffice, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44270151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was reading this through daily lit but I fell behind quite a bit and I don't plan to catch up! I LOVE Abraham Lincoln and I was really excited to learn more about him through this book, however (I really should have figured this out from the title) this is just a compilation of speeches that he ga...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3508623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Forged from his soul some less obscure version of the Great American Dream; felt the call of grace deep within; saw destiny before him always clearly as the sky; watched as Southern son and Northern boy stained field after field with one another's blood.<br/><br/>Who would deny that 600,000 dead b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1430772">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[not as poetic as i thought it would be... definately more detailed than today's political speeches... need to catch up on my history... <br/>doesn't have a lot of sweeping generalizations... lot of facts...  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed some of these speeches and found others very dry.  But it felt like a window into another world, the spoken and writtern word was so important, but not the &quot;media glitz&quot;.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[More than the founding documents of the 18th century Lincoln's presidential speeches spoke America into being.  Statesmanship on the epic scale.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well said!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An enjoyable read that inspired me to study more American History!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[not much can go wrong when compiling a book of Lincolns Speeches, writings, and letters.  It was only hard to follow because all the notes were at the end, and nothing pointed that way.  If you wanted to know something more, you had to look in the end notes, and hope there might be a note on it.  A ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28837145">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mr. Lincoln had a wonderful way with words that needs to be the envy of every speech writer in America.  But more importantly, his speeches remind us in this political season what America is all about or what we need to be about.  <br/><br/>I am very glad that I took the time and put forth the eff...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29609411">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lincoln is a giant in American history, and after reading this book I see that his reputation is well-deserved. His letters and his speeches show a man of compassion, of sense, and with great qualities of leadership. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The speeches are a tad long, but I love his letters, which are succinct and witty. They don't sound like anything written by a politician. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A short volume containing some interesting speeches from Lincoln.  I have to admit that his shortest ones are also the most famous.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm reading this from dailylit.com, the same way I'm reading The Ambassadors. It's a pretty neat free service!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Barnone, Lincoln is my favorite writer.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Essentially a catalog]]></body>
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