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		<title>Gov. Tom Corbett on emulating Lincoln</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln and Memory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his recent commencement address to the graduating class of Villanova Law, Pennsylvania&#8217;s Gov. Tom Corbett named Lincoln and Sir Thomas More as worthy of emulation: Both &#8220;chose honor over convenience,&#8221; Corbett told 233 graduates and their friends and family &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/gov-tom-corbett-on-emulating-lincoln/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=976&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election of 1864 in music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 22:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election of 1864]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[American Pioneer Music has released a new album with some very old material.  It&#8217;s a collection of campaign songs from the 1864 presidential election, with the original—and in some cases offensive—lyrics left intact.  Check out the album&#8217;s website.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=974&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The isolation of the presidency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln as President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his new book Prisoners of the White House: The Isolation of America&#8217;s Presidents and the Crisis of Leadership, Kenneth Walsh examines the challenges facing leaders whose exalted position cuts them off from the people who elect them. You can &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/the-isolation-of-the-presidency/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=970&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nathan Raab on our current &#8220;Abraham Lincoln Revival&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 02:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln and Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historical autograph dealer Nathan Raab muses on the current Lincoln craze in a piece for Forbes.  &#8221;The 16th President, widely admired for so long, is now coming to us via so many compelling and varied interpretations, both popular and scholarly, that it &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/nathan-raab-on-our-current-abraham-lincoln-revival/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=968&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln author Richard Carwardine to speak at LMU commencement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[LMU Lincoln News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lincoln Memorial University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Carwardine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Carwardine, President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, will deliver the commencement address at LMU&#8217;s graduation on May 4.  Carwardine is a specialist in American history whose book Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power won the Lincoln Prize in &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/lincoln-author-richard-carwardine-to-speak-at-lmu-commencement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=964&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln&#8217;s predecessor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[general info]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Buchanan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Constitution Center&#8217;s blog recently featured a concise overview of James Buchanan&#8217;s controversial political career: In his inaugural address, Buchanan called the territorial issue of slavery “happily, a matter of but little practical importance.” He had been tipped off &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/lincolns-predecessor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=959&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln, law, and necessity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:43:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln as President]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[habeas corpus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Lynch I asked the students in my introductory Lincoln course to write an essay on Lincoln&#8217;s use of presidential power.  I told them to decide whether Lincoln abused his authority and overstepped the Constitution, whether he was too &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/lincoln-law-and-necessity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=940&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Randall Kennedy: Lincoln was a racial &#8220;pessimist&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/randall-kennedy-lincoln-was-a-racial-pessimist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln the Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slavery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Randall Kennedy, who teaches law at Harvard, is profiled in the new issue of the university&#8217;s magazine. Kennedy claims that approaches to race fall into two groups, the pessimists and the optimists, and includes Lincoln among the former: &#8220;The pessimistic &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/randall-kennedy-lincoln-was-a-racial-pessimist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=935&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Historic courthouse on Lincoln&#8217;s circuit gets helping hand from kids</title>
		<link>http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/historic-courthouse-on-lincolns-circuit-gets-helping-hand-from-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln Updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Illinois lawyer, Abraham Lincoln spent quite a bit of time on the Eighth Judicial Circuit.  One of the courthouses where he practiced was a small Greek Revival building in the town of Mount Pulaski; it&#8217;s become a state &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/historic-courthouse-on-lincolns-circuit-gets-helping-hand-from-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=931&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lincoln looking south from Peoria</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lincoln the Man]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Lynch Although not as popular as some of his other works, Abraham Lincoln&#8217;s speech at Peoria, IL—delivered over the course of some three hours on October 16, 1854—is one of his more important public addresses.  The speech combines &#8230; <a href="http://lincolninstitute.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/lincoln-looking-south-from-peoria/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lincolninstitute.wordpress.com&#038;blog=22131329&#038;post=899&#038;subd=lincolninstitute&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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