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Jeff welcomes back Dr. Lucas Morel, Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and a Visiting Graduate Faculty Member in Ashland University’s Masters of American History and Government program, to talk about Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address. Lucas is a renowned scholar on American political thought and Abraham Lincoln, having recently published a new book called Lincoln and the American Founding. Their conversation will examine the crucial last twelve months of the American Civil War, Lincoln’s evolving sentiments on emancipation and reconstruction, and how Justice Clarence Thomas was right when he claimed that the speech is Lincoln’s Sermon on the Mount.
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Excellent discussion. I wish I could get my husband to understand the 2nd Inaugural address better. He just hears vindictiveness against the South/Confederacy. I try to make the case that Lincoln is chastising America. I’m hoping I can do a better job now. Thanks.