As many of you already know, the late Phillip Shaw Paludan was one of the finest Lincoln scholars of the era. When he passed away last year, he was working on a collection of essays caleld Lincoln's Legacy: Ethics and Politics.
The University of Illinois Press is preparing to publish the volume sometime in 2008. I am not sure of the exact date, but I will pass that along as soon as I am able. However, the press has released the cover image (pictured above), as well as a synopsis of the book, along with author endorsements.
It looks like the book will be very short: just four essays totaling 112 pages. Nonetheless, I suspect that each of these essays will give us plenty to think about.
The collection begins with an essay by Paludan titled “Lincoln and Democracy.” I believe that I heard him deliver a version of this essay during the Lincoln Symposium a few years ago in Springfield. If the polished essay follows his presentation, readers won’t be disappointed. Paludan challenges many of the assumptions we have of Lincoln as a traditional democrat (note the "lower-case d").
The second essay in this collection comes from William Lee Miller, the author of the recent Lincoln’s Virtues. His essay is titled, “The Exacting Legacy of a Virtuous President.”
Mark W. Summers, a professor at the University of Kentucky and author of such books as The Plundering Generation: Corruption and the Crisis of the Union, 1848-1861 and The Era of Good Stealings, contributes the third essay, which is titled “Lincoln Spoils the War.” I suspect that this essay will examine the issue of patronage and corruption in the Civil War.
The final essay in this volume comes from Pulitzer Prize winning historian Mark E. Neely, Jr. His essay, “‘Seeking a Cause of Difficulty with the Government’: Reconsidering Freedom of Speech and Judicial Conflict under Lincoln,” will no doubt center on the controversial issue of civil liberties during the Civil War, the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, and Lincoln’s interpretation of the constitution.
The following synopsis, explaining the significance of this volume, comes directly from the publisher:
On the eve of the bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birth, Lincoln's Legacy highlights his relevance to contemporary issues of law, politics, equality, the rule of law, and political and constitutional leadership. Among the problems he encountered were corruption in government ranks, political disagreements rooted in regionalism, wartime quarrels with the judiciary and legislative branches, and disputes concerning moral obligations. Although Lincoln would be unlikely to recognize many aspects of modern America, a surprising number of issues that he faced during his tumultuous presidency still resonate in twenty-first century politics.
But don’t take the publisher’s word for it. Two of my favorite Lincoln scholars are weighing in on this collection:
"Lincoln's Legacy includes essays by four renowned scholars of Lincoln and the Civil War. The essays are each outstanding in their own right and offer fresh new perspectives on Lincoln's leadership, the role of patronage and spoils, Lincoln's ideas on democracy, and the role of freedom of speech and the judiciary in the Civil War." -- Ronald C. White Jr., author of The Eloquent President: A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words
"Readers who may be wary of books about Lincoln's 'legacy,' which often feature an overdose of apologetics and adulation, will be agreeably surprised and much enlightened by these authoritative and highly readable essays." --Douglas L. Wilson, codirector of the Lincoln Studies Center, Knox College, and author of Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words
2 comments:
The official publication date is January 7, 2008, and it should be generally available now.
-Michael, University of Illinois Press
Who Are We? And What Are We?
We are all created by the one and only Pure Love; most may call it GOD. We are Consciousness/Spirit that has been contained inside of this shell called the Human Body. I can honestly say today; I love everyone for the simple fact that we are all working on Self, making ourselves better for the LOVE of Pure Love, rather the work is Sub-Conscious or Conscious, and we are all the same physically in a sense: Head, 2 Eyes, Nose, 2 Feet, Toes, Fingers etc. We all come from the same source; maybe different planets...lol, but we all come from the same source.
Anything that one creates is a part of themself; for the simple fact is that you manifest that creation from within yourself. So to say that you are separate from your creator is you saying that: you are the body, you are not worthy, your stupid, your too ignorant, whatever the case may be, but these things that you call yourself is not what you are. Let's take it back to creating something; whatever you create is a part of you manifested from within. Now; your creation can tell someone your whole story in a symbolical type way that it may even shock the inventor. Now since that creation call tell someone your whole life story in a symbolical way; does that make the creation seperate from yourself; No, simply because it is part of yourself.
We have came to believe that we are the body for the simple fact of the 5 senses: Taste, Touch, Feel, See, Smell, but this is all an illusion because of the fact that it is not real. Anything that can be destroyed is not real. The physical body is somewhat like a Prison or Jail for you, and the physical body is tied to the 9 planets in our solar system. 9 holes in our body, 9 chokras and that ties to the imprisonment, but we have a release date; the goal is to build SELF Realization. By realizing who you are, you find out that you sit on the right hand of Pure Love/GOD/Higher SELF, whichever term suits you. We have been munipulated to believing that we are seperated from Pure Love so that the Devil/Enemy can have it's way with us, but not anymore because now you know that you are special to Pure Love and when we know that; we will act accordingly, but the battle is not easily won.
There is so much recovering that we need to do that it could not be obtained in only one life. All of us are unique in our own way; we all have gifts, rather your conscious of it or not....you all have gifts and those gifts are gifts of Pure Love. We are here to Love each other and grow in that Love at the same time, but something happened; we've forgotten Who We Are, What We Are and we have Forgotten How To Get Back.
It is very important that we do not become attached to anything of this world because it will cause us to come back again. We have to get rid of selfish desires, that we are the containment, that we are seperate from the creator, etc. The battle is not easily won, but Pure Love LOVES you more than you can imagine and you are the creator.
P.S. Have you ever wondered why people say; why could GOD let this happen, the simple fact is that GOD is living the same thing that the next man or woman is living. GOD is living through you; now imagine how much power you have. And if anyone of us were missing, GOD would be incomplete. I Love you all; Peace and Love
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