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Article: Created Equal? The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858.
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- National Review
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- November 5, 1990
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JUST one hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were stummping in Illinois for the office of United States senator. They made a total of 83 appearances before the voters of that state, seven of which were in the form of joint debates. Now, on this anniversary of that famous contest, the University of Chicago Press has performed a service in bringing these debates to the public in a new and scholarly edition. In addition to complete texts, the volume contains an introduction by its editor, Paul M. Angle, and many illuminating sidelights from newspaper accounts of the time.
The prospective reader should be cautioned, however, not to raise his ...