Word: lincoln
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Parallel history of similar emergencies is what is needed", said Lincoln Steffens, journalist, author, student of revolutions, in a talk before members of the Liberal Club and their guests last night. "A knowledge of what has gone before under similar circumstances aids individuals in avoiding past mistakes...
After putting this quaint remark thoroughly through its paces, Stanley Baldwin said that in his opinion Abraham Lincoln was "one of the greatest men produced by our race...
When John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln it was not possible to accord him the privilege of explaining his deed to the ladies and gentlemen of a radio audience...
...Catholic. Caught eyes read on. The explanation: "Many sections of our country, particularly where there are few Catholics, are being flooded with millions and millions of pieces of literature of the type exhibited here. . . .' Then there were quotations from the U. S. Constitution, William Jennings Bryan, President Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt on the subject of religious liberty. The entire advertisement was the work of the Calvert Associates, publishers of The Commonweal, liberal Catholic weekly...
...promotion of religious liberty, more specifically to the dissemination of honest information regarding the Church of Rome. Among its directors are many famed non-Catholics, such as Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard (retired), Architect Ralph Adams Cram, Nicholas Murray Butler, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Louis Wiley, Gen. Lincoln Clark Andrews. Also there is Rev. T. Lawrason Riggs, smart Catholic chaplain of New Haven, Conn.** The name of the organization is in loving memory of George Calvert, founder of Maryland Free State. Better than any other Catholic organization it has reached non-Catholics. But its GOOD AMERICANISM advertisement was criticized...