Full text · 11 chaptersNarrated in your voice
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What it's about
The speeches, letters, and state papers, complete — from the Lyceum address to Gettysburg's 272 words to the second inaugural's 'with malice toward none.' The plainest great prose in American politics, in the order he lived it.
Reading plan
Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.
Read together
Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.
Who it's for
- Readers who want Lincoln in his own words, not a biographer's - Speechwriters and anyone who has to persuade - History readers tracing a mind under pressure
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