Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

A chromolithograph by Louis Dalrymple in Puck magazine, March 4, 1896, shows presidential hopefuls in a swamp containing "Jingoism," "Blunders" and "Demagogism." (U.S. Library of Congress/Keppler & Schwarzmann)

In the face of Trumpism, Jon Meacham maintains belief in our national soul

Book review: The Soul of America argues that Americans have suffered through demagoguery in the past and can do so again, but it will demand that they rediscover their soul.

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