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A knowledge of the influences which ruled the life of Lincoln, the greatest of practical mystics, is essential now that a new form of paganism and slavery threatens humanity. In Lincoln's time the black slaves of America had to be freed; in our time the white slaves of Europe have to be freed. We have returned to the conquest. History is being repeated, but on a far vaster scale. The whole world is groaning under the threats and deeds of tyranny that seeks to become absolute. What Abraham Lincoln stood for in the middle of the nineteenth century the English-speaking peoples must stand for at ...

Francis Grierson's, The Valley of Shadows, is truly a lost American classic. Written at the dawn of the twentieth century, the author has remarkably captured his adventures and observations as a child growing up on the prairies of Illinois in the years leading up the Civil War, in a region that was neither North nor South; neither for slavery nor against it; and how their small family farm became an unscheduled stop on the Underground Railroad.

Venture into the life of Abraham Lincoln, hailed as the greatest of practical mystics, whose legacy remains relevant today as we face new forms of tyranny and enslavement. In Lincolns era, he fought for the freedom of black slaves in America; today, we continue his fight for freedom in a world threatened by the specter of oppression. Witness history repeating itself, with the world groaning under the weight of despotism striving for absolute power. As we confront these challenges, the values that Lincoln upheld during the tumultuous Civil War era are a beacon for us in the modern world. The ...