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LearnOutLoud -- Free Audiobook of the Month -- exp 28 Feb

• FREE - Lincoln: The Great Speeches -- Abraham Lincoln -- read by Seth Anderson -- 1.9 hrs

The great speeches collected here serve as a good indicator of how Lincoln's thinking evolved during a turbulent era, especially with regard to his views on state's rights and the role of national governance. One can also track how his outlook on slavery started as a question of constitutional interpretation to growing alarm over a territorial crisis that eventually engulfed the nation in civil conflict. As one studies Lincoln's words, his clear, sober-minded rationale for the course of action he thought the nation should take reflect his legal background, and offer a compelling portrait of the inner workings of a mind that was both decisive when necessary and infused with a burning compassion that nevertheless unclouded his judgement.

Included here are the following speeches, presented in chronological order:

• Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, January 27, 1838
• The House Divided Speech, June 16, 1858
• The Cooper Union Speech, February 27, 1860
• Lincoln's Farewell Address, February 11, 1861
• First inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
• The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
• The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
• Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865