Both were humble, kind, sorrowful, and loving of their fellow man. Both spoke in parables. Both were sent to fulfill divine missions and preceded by prophets who were executed: John the Baptist and John Brown. On Palm Sunday Jesus journeyed to Jerusalem, Lincoln to (or from) Richmond; one had his Last Supper, the other his last cabinet meeting? (Peterson 218-219) Lincoln's connection to Christ as a benevolent "savior," who gave his life to preserve the union between the North and the South, was not the lone reason the world remembers him as the Savior of the Union...
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Throughout his political career, Lincoln advocated the supremacy of the national government, and upheld the Constitution as an instrument for realizing the promises of the Declaration of Independence, most importantly the equality of al men (Peterson 156). Peterson notes that "in the twentieth century several important changes occurred in this conception" of the Savior of the Union (382): Lincoln's fundamental cause and purpose in the Civil War, many came to believe, was not to save the Union but to advance human freedom...
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abraham lincoln This would change the world dramatically. "By the end of the war, more than 500,000 slaves had fled to freedom behind northern lines. Many of them joined the Union Army or Navy or worked for the armed forces as laborers...	2 / 483
Abraham Lincoln Full name: Abraham Lincoln Birth: February 12, 1809 near Hadgenville Kentucky Death: Shot at Fords Theatre by John Wilkes on April 15, 1865 Education: He was educated formally at a one roomed school...	1 / 199
Abraham Lincoln And Slavery Lincoln states "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that...	4 / 959
Lincoln His country was his main priority. He took this responsibility seriously stating," I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, everywhere, could be free...	2 / 415