The words of Abraham Lincoln

"Nobody has ever expected me to be president"

"I hope this letter will not be disagreeable to you": courtship, marriage, and family

"A continual torment": the slavery controversy

"Essentially a people's contest": the war begins

"Maxims on war": Lincoln to his generals

"I am not a very sentimental man": the human comedy and the game of politics

"The fiery trial through which we pass"

Chronology.