JOURNAL ARTICLE

Worth Knowing by Heart.

  • Published In: National Review, 2023, v. 75, n. 9. P. 44 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: AESCHLIMAN, M. D. 3 of 3

Abstract

Frederick Douglass noticed and praised him as early as 1858, when Lincoln in Illinois ran for the U.S. Senate against Stephen A. Douglas, a "popular sovereignty" Democrat. Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln, edited by Fred Lee Hord and Matthew D. Norman (University of Illinois Press, 560 pp., $39.95) 'WHY is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negro slaves?" Samuel Johnson asked in 1775, referring to those voluble Virginia gentlemen Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Madison. Reinhold Niebuhr thought Lincoln was the greatest American theologian; Harry V. Jaffa's two books on Lincoln show him as our greatest, most authoritative political thinker. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:National Review. 2023/05, Vol. 75, Issue 9, p44
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0028-0038
  • Accession Number:163354316
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