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Lincoln the most deeply religious American president
A George W. Cornell piece on Abraham Lincoln portrays him as deeply religious though never a church member. It notes his view of God guiding history, the Gettysburg pledge, and his Emancipation Proclamation as a solemn act, with Lincoln called a Christ in miniature by Tolstoy and a profound theologian in spirit.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lincoln
God
America
Episcopal
William J. Wolf
White House
Wolf
Isaiah
Amos
Jeremiah
Leo Tolstoy
Lee
Pennsylvania
Stephen Douglas
South
Kentucky
Indiana
Pigeon Creek Baptist Church
Johnny Kongapod
Sinois
Springfield
Mary
Presbyterian Church
Fort Sumpter
John Nicolay
Mary Todd
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Jefferson
Abraham
Ford