Today is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. To honor him we need to understand and join the cause for which he gave the last full measure of devotion. Nothing short of Lincolnian wisdom and statesmanship will restore America to what he called our “ancient faith.” No institution has been more devoted to this than the Claremont Institute. Here are links to several essays and reviews on Lincolnian themes from the archives of the Claremont Review of Books and links to a couple of the most important books written on Lincoln’s statesmanship, by Claremont Institute co-founder, the late Harry V. Jaffa.
Harry V. Jaffa:
Books on Lincoln:
Articles:
In Re Jack Kemp vs. Joe Sobran on Lincoln
The American Founding as the Best Regime
Defending the Cause of Human Freedom
The False Prophets of American Conservatism
The Speech that Changed the World
Thoughts on Lincoln’s Birthday
CRB Discussion:
Richard Brookhiser, Allen C. Guelzo, and Lucas E. Morel:
Lincoln, Religion, and the American Founding
John Burt and Diana Schaub:
Abraham Lincoln and Moral Conflict
Symposium on C.A. Tripp’s The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln, with Allen C. Guelzo, Joan L. Flinspach, John Y. Simon, Lucas E. Morel, Daniel W. Stowell, Michael Burlingame:
John E. Alvis:
Martha Bayles:
Herman Belz:
Harry V. Jaffa and American History: Philosophy Teaching by Example
Michael Burlingame:
John C. Briggs:
Christopher Flannery:
Patrick Garrity:
Allen C. Guelzo:
Charles R. Kesler:
Stephen F. Knott:
Thomas Krannawitter:
Christopher Levenick:
Ken Masugi:
Renewing the Republic and Republicans
Lucas E. Morel:
Forced into Gory Lincoln Revisionism
David K. Nichols:
Mackubin T. Owens:
Diana Schaub:
The Greatness and Decline of American Oratory
Peter W. Schramm:
Steven B. Smith:
Justice Clarence Thomas:
The Virtue of Practical Wisdom
Glen E. Thurow:
Michael P. Zuckert: