قراءة كتاب Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians

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Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians

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Beardslee Clark S (Clark Smith)

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remeasurement his present estimates of brevity and breadth.

PART I. INTRODUCTION
Lincoln's Mental Energy	13
Lincoln's Moral Earnestness	18
PART II. ANALYSIS
His Reverence for Law—Conscience	21
His Jealousy for Liberty—Free-will	29
His Kindliness—Love	40
His Pureness—Life	48
His Constancy—Truth	58
His Humility—Worth	67
PART III. SYNTHESIS
Lincoln's Moral Unison	80
PART IV. STUDIES
His Symmetry—The Problem of Beauty	91
His Composure—The Problem of Pessimism	98
His Authority—The Problem of Government	108
His Versatility—The Problem of Mercy	118
His Patience—The Problem of Meekness	128
His Rise from Poverty—The Problem of Industrialism	139
His Philosophy—The Problem of Reality	155
His Theodicy—The Problem of Evil	164
His Piety—The Problem of Religion	178
His Logic—The Problem of Persuasion	190
His Personality—The Problem of Psychology	199
PART V. CONCLUSION
Lincoln's Character	215
Lincoln's Preference	220
AN EPILOGUE—Addressed to Theologians	229
LAST INAUGURAL ADDRESS	242

LINCOLN'S CARDINAL TRAITS

PART I. INTRODUCTION

Lincoln's Mental Energy

In ethics, if anywhere, a master needs to be mentally sane and strong. Truth cannot be trifled with here. Error here, whether in judgment or as to fact, is fatal. Insight to exactly discern, and balance to considerately compare must be the mental instincts of a moralist.

How was this with Lincoln? What was his outfit and what his discipline mentally? Was he unfailingly shrewd? Was he sufficiently sage? Was he by instinct and by habit truly an explorer and a philosopher? Did he have in store, and did he have in hand, the needful wealth of pertinent facts? Had he the logical strength and breadth to set them all in order and to see them all as one?

Such inquiries are severe—too severe to be pressed or faced by anyone in haste. But in this study of Lincoln such inquiries are not to be escaped. To fairly answer them is worth to any man the toil of many days. For just as surely as such research is resolutely pushed through all its course, the eye will come to see where wisdom dwells, and to learn what mental judgment and mental insight truly mean. And it will grow clear as day that Lincoln mentally, as well as physically, was no weakling; that in intellect, as in stature, he stands among the first.

In many places this stands clear. There is no better way to trace it out than to start from his last inaugural. To fully explore one single paragraph of this address, the paragraph with which it opens, will make one's examination

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