Timeline for What does "better angel" mean in Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address?
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 16:49 | comment | added | Liam T | "By that fall of Adam, from that glorious and happy state, wherein he was created, the divine image on his mind is quite changed and altered; and he, who was created but a little inferior to the angels above, is now made but little superior to the angels below." < Thomas Dilworth, A New Guide to the English Tongue (1761), a work Lincoln read as a child. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 10:50 | history | edited | BladorthinTheGrey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 6:23 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | It's Sonnet 144. | |
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 3:26 | comment | added | Katherine Lockwood | A great passage illustrating the use, but does not define the phrase "better angel." Also, I assume Shakespeare's sonnet, but please clarify. | |
| Jan 8, 2017 at 3:25 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Jan 8, 2017 at 3:09 | history | answered | Liam T | CC BY-SA 3.0 |