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Response to article by Richard M. Gamble in this issue, p. 69
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The heritage of Lincoln.
In "The Problem of Lincoln in Babbitt's Thought," (1) his scholarly rejoinder to my "Irving Babbitt on Lincoln and Unionism," (2) Richard Gamble argues that Babbitt was wrong to uphold Lincoln "as an exemplary figure in the best American tradition." In my view, on the contrary, Babbitt was justified in taking Lincoln as an upholder of "our great unionist tradition," and followers of Babbitt today are right to claim Lincoln as an invaluable ally in their efforts to reconstitute American culture and society. Gamble, on the other ha...
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