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  林肯的土地---Land Of Lincoln

  July posted on 05/26/2008
  伊利诺州被称为“Land Of Lincoln"， 林肯是伊州的众议员， 1860年，被选为16届总统，也是第一位共和党总统。
  
  林肯是美国伟大的民主主义政治家。他出生于社会低层，具有勤劳、俭朴、谦虚和诚恳的品格。他进白宫后，在奴隶制等问题上，政界发生倾轧，国家出现分裂，遇到了很多困难。在日常工作中他不顾个人安全，每天挤出大量时间接见群众，听取申诉，尽力解决他们的问题。在他任职期间，由于各种反动势力的影响，政策上有过踌躇和动摇，但在人民群众的支持和推动下，能够顺应历史潮流，最终签署了著名的《解放宣言》(Emancipation Proclaration)，解决了当时美国社会经济政治生活中存在的主要矛盾。在四年国内战争中，他亲自指挥作战。领导联邦政府同南部农场奴隶主进行了坚决斗争，维护了国家的统一，有力地推动了美国社会的发展。林肯于1 8 6 5 年4 月1 5 日遇刺身亡。由于林肯在美国历史上所起的进步作用，人们称赞他为“新时代国家统治者的楷模”。
  
  春田市（springfield)是伊州的首府，也是林肯的家。
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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  #1 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  伊州有很多林肯的塑像，每个有有自己的故事：我今天花了点时间给放到一起。
  
  
  
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  #2 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Moynihan Bust in Springfield, Illinois
  
  You will find this bronze bust in downtown Springfield at the Lincoln Public Library, about one block from the restored Lincoln family home.
  
  Here President Lincoln oversees, as it were, the venerable third-floor Sangamon Valley Collection of historic Lincoln and Springfield materials. The bust, which is about 100 years old, originally graced the outside of the previous library building when it was a Carnegie institution.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #3 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Borglum Bust in Springfield, Illinois
  
  Designed by sculptor Larkin Mead, the Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site in Oak Ridge Cemetery features famous Lincoln statuary.
  
  This evocative bronze bust at the tomb's entrance was created by Gutzon Borglum of Mount Rushmore fame. It is a copy of the bust in the U.S. Capitol building. Borglum, who studied Lincoln's features intensively through photographs and portraits, said: "You will find written in his face literally all the complexity of his great nature."
  
  
  
  
  
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  #4 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Davidson Bust in Springfield, Illinois
  
  You can see this bronze work by Jo Davidson in the Lincoln Home National Historic Site Visitor Center. In 1983 the White House Preservation Fund and Dr. Maury Leibovitz gave the 18-inch-high portrait to the home. The bust had been cast in 1947 by the Roman Bronze Works of New York.
  
  Born 18 years after Abraham Lincoln's death, Davidson was an American sculptor best known for his portrait busts (the National Portrait Gallery alone has 60 of his works). His subjects included many famous 20th-century personalities such as General Pershing, Will Rogers, Gertrude Stein, and President Wilson.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #5 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Anderson Statues in Springfield, Illinois
  
  As you enter Springfield's downtown square near 6th and Adams streets, you will encounter a four-part Lincoln family grouping by Larry Anderson. Known as "Springfield's Lincoln," it was unveiled June 5, 2004, by Mayor Timothy J. Davlin. These realistic life-size bronze figures show Abraham and Mary Lincoln with two of their sons. "Willie" waves to a likeness of his older brother Robert, which stands at a distance.
  
  Anderson chose October 4, 1854, to depict a symbolic moment for the Lincolns. Roused by the possible extension of slavery in U.S. territories, Abraham pauses before giving a speech at the nearby statehouse. He stands with the manuscript tucked into his hatband, while his wife adjusts his coat.
  
  The sculpture grouping, part of the outdoor interpretive program "Here I Have Lived," is designed to help visitors understand Lincoln in his hometown environment. Federal grants underwrote the cost.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #6 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Mead Statue in Springfield, Illinois
  
  This bronze figure by Larkin Mead, the designer of Lincoln's tomb, stands high above the tomb's entrance. It depicts Lincoln as President with one hand grasping the Emancipation Proclamation.
  
  Lincoln's friend, Joshua Fry Speed, who was present at the statue's unveiling, said, "Shout after shout rent the air from that vast crowd; but far more touching and tender was it there, among his friends and neighbors, to see tears stream from the eyes of many."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #7 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  O'Connor Statue in Springfield, Illinois
  
  As you approach the Illinois State Capitol Building from the east, this towering bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln comes into view. Its creator, Andrew O'Connor, was born in Massachusetts in 1874 and studied sculpture under his father and Daniel Chester French, whose massive seated Lincoln dominates the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
  
  Presented to the city of Springfield in 1918, the statue symbolizes President-elect Lincoln in 1861 when he left his friends and neighbors before boarding a train for Washington, D.C. Behind the statue you can read the entire text of Lincoln's touching Farewell Address carved on the huge granite slab.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #8 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Volk Statue in Springfield, Illinois
  
  If you drive past the east front of the Illinois State Capitol you will pass a bronze Lincoln statue, but if you venture inside you can see yet another depiction of Illinois' favorite son. There on the second floor rotunda you will encounter this Lincoln statue set in a niche facing a statue of his political opponent Stephen A. Douglas.
  
  Completed in 1876, this towering work is actually plaster with a coating that resembles bronze. It was designed by Leonard Volk, the Chicago sculptor for whom Lincoln posed in 1860. Volk is most famous for the life mask and busts he made of Lincoln just before his presidential nomination.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #9 July posted on 05/26/2008
  
  
  Taft Statue in Urbana, Illinois
  
  This university town boasts one of the most famous Lincoln statues in America. It was produced by Lorado Taft, an Illinois native born in 1860, the year Lincoln was elected President. You can see a small copy on display at the Lincoln tomb in Springfield.
  
  Because Lincoln visited Urbana on the circuit, this bronze masterpiece originally stood near the courthouse where he practiced law. Soon after its dedication in 1927, however, it was moved to Carle Park across the street from the high school.
  
  Dr. William E. Barton, the dedicatory speaker, explained, "This statue shows Abraham Lincoln as Urbana saw him, in the days when he stood at the bar of justice in the court house yonder, or spoke at political meetings in the court house square."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #10 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  McClarey Statue in Vandalia, Illinois
  
  This full-size bronze work by John McClarey of Decatur, Illinois, carries the title "Sitting with Lincoln." Dedicated on February 10, 2001, it is one of several Lincoln statues in Illinois designed by the sculptor.
  
  You will find the informal statue south of the restored Illinois state house where Lincoln served as a member of the General Assembly in the 1830s. The state legislature met in Vandalia until 1839, when the capital of Illinois moved to Springfield.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #11 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Harney Statue in Bloomington, Illinois
  
  Visitors to the McLean County Museum of History now encounter a statue of Abraham Lincoln on the east lawn. The Lincoln Bench by sculptor Rick Harney offers great photo opportunities to pose beside a likeness of Illinois' favorite son. Lincoln knew this location well because he tried many cases in the second McLean County Courthouse which stood here from 1836 to 1868.
  
  The bronze statue was unveiled in July 2000 during the 150th anniversary of Bloomington's incorporation. Mayor Judy Markowitz donated it to the city in honor of the Stern family.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #12 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  McClarey Statue in Charleston, Illinois
  
  These life-size bronze figures depict the fourth debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held September 18, 1858. Illinois sculptor John McClarey arranged the figures to face each other across a metaphorical divide. He says they represent the chasm of the "House Divided," with both men considering the country's split over slavery and its extension.
  
  The statues form a gateway to the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, dedicated in September 2001 to mark the 143rd anniversary of the Charleston debate.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #13 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Saint-Gaudens Statue in Lincoln Park
  
  If you're near Lincoln Park in Chicago (Clark Street and North Avenue), take the opportunity to see one of America's most famous Lincoln statues. You will find it on the east lawn of the Chicago Historical Society. A replica of this work by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens also stands outside Westminster Abbey, London.
  
  To create this monumental figure Saint-Gaudens used the 1860 life mask of Lincoln by Chicago sculptor Leonard Volk. A Vermont farmer of approximately Lincoln's height served as the model. Thousands of people watched the dedication ceremony on October 22, 1887, when Lincoln's grandson and namesake unveiled the statute and Leonard Swett delivered the address.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #14 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Saint Gaudens Statue in Grant Park
  
  Just south of the Chicago Art Institute, you can see another bronze Abraham Lincoln statue by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. It was given to the city of Chicago by John Crerar, who left a $100,000 bequest in 1889 to construct a Lincoln statue.
  
  Saint-Gaudens took 12 years to complete the seated figure, but it was not unveiled until 1926, more than 20 years afterward. Architect Stanford White designed the semi-circular site, built on land reclaimed from Lake Michigan.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #15 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Van Den Bergen Statue in Clinton, Illinois
  
  This depiction of President Lincoln is a replica of the original bronze work at Racine, Wisconsin. Dedicated in 1931, it stands in the town square near the site of the DeWitt County courthouse (no longer standing) where Lincoln argued cases as a circuit lawyer.
  
  Inscribed on the pedestal is, "That it may not be forgotten that here for nineteen years as a Lawyer and Friends he was Counselor and Teacher of our Forefathers, this Statue is erected by the Citizens of DeWitt County to the Memory of Abraham Lincoln."
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #16 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Torrey Statue in Decatur, Illinois
  
  Like the Lincoln statue at New Salem State Park, this one by Fred M. Torrey depicts Lincoln choosing between his axe and a book. The inscription on the eight-foot bronze figure reads, "At twenty-one I came to Illinois."
  
  The state of Illinois presented the statue to Macon County as a symbol of Lincoln's early association with the area. The Lincoln family arrived from Indiana in 1830 and built a cabin by the Sangamon River. The statue was erected on the Millikin University campus in 1948 and faces West Main Street.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #17 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Tolpo Debate Statues in Freeport, Illinois
  
  Here's a more recent work in downtown Freeport, located close to the actual site of the second Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858. The area is known locally as Debate Square, near North State Avenue and East Douglas Street. The square also includes a plaque dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.
  
  Sculptress Lily Tolpo of Stockton, Illinois, calls this grouping "Lincoln and Douglas in Debate." It was dedicated on August 27, 1992, the 134th anniversary of the debate.
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  (上次希拉里建议奥巴马和她来一次林肯道格拉斯debate, 就是这个意思：-）
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #18 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Huntington Statue in New Salem State Park, Illinois
  
  When you approach the entrance of New Salem State Park on Route 97, pause to see this heroic bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln on horseback. In 1963 the 14-foot work was donated to the state of Illinois by the famed sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington and Carlton Smith of the National Arts Foundation.
  
  Titled "On the Circuit," it represents Lincoln as a young lawyer, studying as he traveled. Duplicate castings appear in Lincoln City, Oregon, and Salzburg, Austria. A small equestrian Lincoln statue by Marshall Mitchell appears inside the Visitor Center at New Salem.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #19 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Adams Statue in Oregon, Illinois
  
  Sculptor Jeff Adams designed a highly unusual statue with Abraham Lincoln and Chief Black Hawk emerging from the same base. It stands in the beautiful Rock River Valley, an area familiar to both men in the 1830s. You will find the massive bronze work in a park beside Route 2 about one-half mile south of Route 64.
  Entitled "Paths of Conviction, Footsteps of Fate," the dual statue was dedicated on October 13, 2002. Adams explained, "This sculpture is a reflection on the personal conviction, struggle, and fate shared by Lincoln and Black Hawk."
  
  Adams created the Lincoln portion using a life mask and 64 photographs. "My intent was to capture Lincoln's spirit, not illustrate a particular moment in history." The Black Hawk figure "sits on an incline, symbolic of the precarious position of the Native Americans during the white settlement of the prairie."
  
  
  
  
  
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  #20 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Caleel Statue in Ottawa, Illinois
  
  During the 1858 senatorial campaign, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas faced each other in a series of seven official political debates. The first debate took place in this north-central Illinois town on August 21. This sculpture commemorating the event was dedicated on September 14, 2002.
  
  Fountains surround the heroic-sized grouping, which artist Rebecca Childers Caleel designed. It stands in the center of Washington Square Park near the site of the original debate platform. You can visit this bronze work on Route 23 North in downtown Ottawa.
  
  
  
  
  
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  #21 July posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  Mulligan Statue near Pana, Illinois
  
  This heroic-sized statue stands in the heart of Illinois "Lincoln country" near the towns of Rosamond and Pana in the Rosamond Grove Cemetery. You also can see a replica at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago. The bronze work was designed by Charles Mulligan, an Irish immigrant who studied and worked with sculptor Lorado Taft. Mulligan, who was born the year after Lincoln died, also produced the Lincoln statue in Chicago's Garfield Park.
  
  Called "The Orator," this towering bronze work was dedicated on October 29, 1903. Captain John and Mary Kitchell gave it to the cemetery in memory of Union soldiers and sailors and their Commander-in-Chief. The granite pedestal includes a portion of the Gettysburg Address, although Lincoln's sweeping gesture was not characteristic of that speech. Captain Kitchell said the statue was meant to "emphasize in the loftiest and most impressive manner the sublime thoughts which [Lincoln] had uttered on that memorable occasion."
  
  
  
  
  
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  #22 Ruozhi posted on 05/27/2008
  
  
  林肯是个很了不起的人, 我因为儿子的关系刚读了一本Lincoln and Melancholy. 看他一生与抑郁症的斗争是让人很感慨. 抑郁症最大的一个问题就是对生活没有兴趣, 林肯一生都在与自杀的念头作斗. 可是在他意识到自己的抑郁症后, he started to work for the sake of work. The meaning of life and work will come later. And it did come later. 这是一个很好的劝告. 我在想他如何可以做到这一点, 有一个很重要的因素是林肯的青少年时期没有给打断, 他的抑郁症的第一次发作是在他工作后. 整个青少年时期, 他如饥似渴地阅读, 他的父亲不想让他读书, 只想让他接管农场. 所以他能在这个时期发展一个强大而具洞察力的自我, 这个自我即便在他后来发病时期也没有给完全压倒. abc提到让孩子多读名著, 可是说得容易, 现在通俗文化无孔不入, 再加上互联网, 美国的反智主义又有根深蒂固的传统.
  

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