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William Lee Miller

Lincoln's Presidential Virtues: How do presidents see the oath of office?

William Lee Miller

At noon on March 4, 1861, the moral situation of Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was abruptly transformed. That morning, arising in the Willard Hotel at 14th…