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    President Lincoln has long provided wisdom. What can he offer today?

    by Barbara Spindel Feb 15, 2024 4 minutes

    More than any other American president, Abraham Lincoln has been considered a source of wisdom for subsequent generations. New books on Lincoln reliably appear every February to coincide with Presidents Day, joining an already vast library.

    This year brings two excellent studies of the 16th president that explicitly look to him for insight into questions currently besetting the American republic. Allen C. Guelzo’s “Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment” explores Lincoln’s vision of democratic government, while Harold Holzer’s “Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration” centers on Lincoln’s handling of an issue that was as divisive in the antebellum period as it is today.

    Interestingly, there is little overlap between the two books. “Our

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