Ida M. Tarbell Believed "We Should All Be Abraham Lincolns"

2/18/2023

The Best Presidents' Day Speech Ever Delivered: "We Should All Be Abraham Lincolns."

This was an address delivered by Ida M. Tarbell on February 12, 1909 at the University of Michigan in honor of the Centennial Anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Subheadings were added for clarity by Peter E. Greulich and are his sole responsibility. The theme of this address by one of our country's greatest journalists—who was well-known in her day as a muckraker—is that "We Should All Be Abraham Lincolns."

I hope you find time to enjoy this on President's Day . . . a day that has lost too much of its meaning as so many view it as just a day off from school or a long weekend from work.

Peter E. Greulich, February 28, 2023

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Ida M. Tarbell's "We Should All Be Abraham Lincolns"

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