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Abraham Lincoln And The American Dream.

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Abraham Lincoln's influence on the history of the United States was so great that poet Wait Whitman maintained that Lincoln's legacy would be even stronger and more lasting than that of George Washington. This year in 2009, two events worthy of reflection will occur: the 200th anniversary of the birth of Lincoln, and the inauguration of the first black president in the history of the United States.

Lincoln had to face one of the most complex challenges in the history of the country: the collapse of a world based on slavery and the emergence of another world in which a truly united United States could undergo dramatic and sustained development and become the most powerful country on the planet. At the time, it was not only the unity of the states and territories that was at stake, but also the principles on which the United States had been established. The clash of two worlds and two visions gave rise to the War of Secession, or Civil War, with the Union states of the North pitted against the Confederate states of the South. It ended in the deaths of a half a million Americans, but also made possible the emancipation of three million black slaves.

Lincoln's biography has been written many times so it is difficult to say something that has not already been said. But every time we get a glimpse of his personality and what he actually accomplished, we find life stories, memorable phrases,...

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