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The Election in November
The Atlantic’s editor endorsed Abraham Lincoln for presidency in the 1860 election, correctly predicting it would prove to be “a turning-point in our history.”
by
James Russell Lowell
via
The Atlantic
on
October 1, 1860
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Other Obsession
Known as a master of horror, he also understood the power—and the limits—of science.
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Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?
Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.
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When Walt Whitman’s Poems Were Rejected for Being Too Timely
"1861" is just so 1861.
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Emily Temple
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Is the American Idea Doomed?
Not yet—but it has precious few supporters on either the left or the right.
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Yoni Appelbaum
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