From
“Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
April 5
‘Lincoln worshipped the Founding Fathers as
apostles of liberty who’d begun an experiment in popular government on these
shores, to show a doubting Europe that people could govern themselves without
hereditary monarchs and aristocracies. And the foundation of the American
experiment was the Declaration of Independence which in Lincoln’s view
contained the highest political truths in human history: that all men are
created equal and that all are entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. Which for Lincoln meant that men like him were not chained to the
condition of their births, that they could better their station in life and
harvest the fruits of their own talents and industry.’
-
Stephen Oates
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