National Review, December 8th, 1989
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings ABRAHAM LINCOLN was the nation's tragic hero. No American has ever climbed over so many obstacles to rise so high; none has fallen so precipitously at the moment of his triumph. In the nearly 125 years since his death, Lincoln has become the suffering servant and the man of sorrows of American civil religion. The Library of America's two volumes of President Lincoln's speeches and writings provide an opportunity for the ordinary reader to reassess the great man's career. There is little enough to be said of the edition itself. The editor has relied almo...
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