16th President of the United States; saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

what abraham lincoln referred to as the 「better angels of our nature」 seem to have vanished from the landscape.

这些被林肯比喻为"我们本性中更高尚的天使”的东西好像正从大环境中消失。

abraham lincoln grudgingly accepted a huge increase in the debt as the cost of preserving the union.

亚伯拉罕·林肯为保存联盟心不甘情不愿地接受了大幅增加债务的提议。

abraham lincoln advocated reconciliation, but he was shot just five days after lee’s surrender.

亚伯拉罕·林肯倡议南北进行和解，然而就在李将军投降五天后他就遇刺身亡。

it is not, therefore, because mr abraham lincoln is very far from representing the extreme party of abolition that we call his views moderate within the limits of statesmanlike moderation.

因此，亚伯拉罕·林肯先生并不是无力表现出一副极端的废奴派人士的样子来，在这里我们将他的观点称之为一个稳健的政治家所应具有的内在的稳健。

abraham lincoln made what many historians consider the best inaugural speeches of all. the end of his first one reads like poetry as he appeals for unity in a country under threat of civil war.

亚伯拉罕.林肯发表了历史学家认为是有史以来最为有名的就职演说，在美国面临内战威胁时，他呼吁全国保持团结，他第一个像朗读一首诗一样结束他的演说。

congress passed the declaration of war, although congressmen such as abraham lincoln and john c. calhoun believed the war was just an excuse to seize land.

虽然亚伯拉罕·林肯和约翰·c.卡尔霍恩等议会会员认为宣战只是侵占领土的一个借口，但议会还是通过了宣战请求。

steps from the wills house, where president abraham lincoln edited his legendary gettysburg address, and a quarter mile from the infamous battlefield, sits the civil war-era gettysburg hotel.

南北战争时期的葛底斯堡酒店坐落在距离臭名昭着的战场四分之一英里并离亚伯拉罕·林肯总统修改他的葛底斯堡演说的威尔士家仅一步之遥的地方。

that’s what abraham lincoln understood.

这就是亚伯拉罕·林肯的信念。

only four united states presidents actually started out that way, abraham lincoln being the most famous.

实际上只有四位总统出身贫寒，其中亚伯拉罕·林肯最为着名。

he has been compared to abraham lincoln in his willingness to include rivals as well as friends on his team.

在他的团队中，他兼容并包，努力实现对手与朋友共事，在这点上，奥巴马可与亚伯拉罕·林肯比肩。

the venerable abraham lincoln was the first us president who saw political mileage in the christmas message, and in the process, immortalised the figure of santa.

德高望众的亚伯拉罕·林肯是第一位发现圣诞贺卡中蕴藏着政治效力的美国总统，在此过程中，圣诞老人的形象永远留在了人们心中。

others such as abraham lincoln and admiral horatio nelson might also have owed part of their leadership ability to having asymmetrical faces, the theory suggests.

这样的例子还包括亚伯拉罕·林肯和海军上将霍雷肖·纳尔逊。这种理论的支持者认为，这些领导人卓越的领导力与他们不对称的长相有关。

someone who was a senior when tom brokaw and abraham lincoln were freshmen.

汤姆·布洛考和亚伯拉罕·林肯的师兄