CONTENTS
William E. Barton
PART I: A STUDY OF RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I
The Conflict of Testimony
19
II
Why the Biographies Differ
24
III
The Environment of Lincoln's Boyhood
29
IV
The Environments of Lincoln's Young Manhood
51
V
The Environment of Lincoln's Life in Springfield
71
VI
The Environment of Lincoln's Life in Washington
86
PART II: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EVIDENCE
VII
The Rules of Evidence
101
VIII
The Bateman Incident
114
IX
The Lamon Biography
128
X
The Reed Lecture
135
XI
The Herndon Lectures, Letters, and Biography
140
XII
Lincoln's Burnt Book
146
XIII
"
The Christian's Defence
"
156
XIV
"
Vestiges of Creation
"
166
XV
Other Formative Books
172
XVI
Chittenden and Chiniquy
188
XVII
The Beecher and Sickles Incidents
198
XVIII
"
Behind the Scenes
"
203
XIX
From the Housetops and in the Closet
210
PART III: THE RELIGION OF LINCOLN
XX
What Lincoln Was Not
225
XXI
Why Did Lincoln Never Join a Church?
244
XXII
The Constructive Argument
260
XXIII
The Creed of Abraham Lincoln
291
APPENDICES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
I
Extract from Newton Bateman's Lecture on Lincoln with Variants of the Springfield Farewell Address
303
II
"
High-Handed Outrage at Utica
" By Artemus Ward
307
III
"
The Conversion of Abraham Lincoln
" By the Rev. Edward L. Watson
309
IV
The Reed Lecture
314
V
Two Herndon Letters Concerning Lincoln's Religion
336
VI
The Irwin Article, with Letters
341
VII
"
The Christian's Defence
" With full chapter analysis
358
VIII
Lincoln and the Churches
By Nicolay and Hay
377
IX
"
Bound together in Christianity and Patriotism
" Hitherto unpublished address of Lincoln
PART I: A STUDY OF RELIGIOUS
ENVIRONMENTS
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