When you consider "Simply Lincoln" for your audience, remember an Abraham Lincoln quote from 1860: "Good news, from a reliable source, is always welcome."
Sample selections include:
• Excerpts from the Cooper Union Speech, New York City (Feb. 27, 1860)
• Excerpt, Speech Delivered in New Haven, Connecticut (Mar. 6, 1860)
• Conclusion, the First Inaugural Address (Mar. 4,1861)
• Reply to Horace Greeley of The New York Tribune (Aug. 22, 1862)
• Conclusion, Annual Message to Congress (Dec. 1, 1862)
• Excerpts from The Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863)
• Letter to General Ulysses S. Grant (July 13, 1863)
• The Gettysburg Address (Nov. 19, 1863)
• The Second Inaugural Address (Mar. 4, 1865)
• Lincoln Telegram to General Ulysses S. Grant (April 7, 1865)
• Excerpt, Farewell Address in Springfield, IL (February, 1861)