‘This Mobocratic Spirit’

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Last night’s events in Chicago brought to mind the great 1838 address before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, by the 29-year-old Abraham Lincoln, on “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions.” Here are a few excerpts. Read the whole thing:

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