Preface / Carla Knorowski --
Introduction: A nation "at risk," Lincoln's world and ours / James M. Cornelius --
Walking with Lincoln / Tom Amandes --
Lincoln and Eureka College / J. David Arnold --
Greater efforts, grander victories / Julian Bond --
Gettysburg story / Jake Boritt --
A common path taken / John Borling --
On the occasion of the great leaving / Robert Bray --
Dark horse candidate / Edward M. Burke --
Business of words / Ken Burns --
Gettysburg Address: rewriting America's foundational narrative / William D. Burns --
Truth / President George H.W. Bush --
A powerful reminder / President George W. Bush --
Long march / Amy Carlson --
Gettysburg Address / President Jimmy Carter --
Our struggle was their struggle / Richard Carwardine --
Rebuild together / President Bill Clinton --
One thousand five hundred and seventy days / Catherine Clinton --
On a poem by Lincoln: "My childhood home I see again" / Billy Collins --
Lincoln's world language / James M. Cornelius --
A new nation / Jeremy T. Crandall --
Concept of accountability / Keith David --
Unfinished work / Alan M. Dershowitz --
I am a foreigner / Danian C. Douglas --
Overalls / Richard H. Driehaus --
Our greatest treasure / Tammy Duckworth --
Gettysburg: rebirth of the revolution / Dick Durbin --
A new American anthem / Jason Emerson --
Lincoln in memory and mission / Richard W. Etulain --
Unfinished business of slavery / Nicholas J. Evans --
Will America sacrifice as it did in the Civil War? / Guy C. Fraker --
Gettysburg is not only in Pennsylvania / Nikki Giovanni --
What would Mr. Lincoln think? / Bill Goodman --
Equal opportunity to influence / Ginny Greer --
Ennobling universal passion / Allen C. Guelzo --
Canvassing the vote / Dan Guillory --
Best place on earth / Samuel R. Harris --
Each must enlist / Gary R. Herbert --
Footsteps / Katherine Hitchcock --
Gettysburg calls us to our solemn duty / Jackie Hogan --
Long remembered / Harold Holzer --
Saying much in little / William Howarth --
No greater words / Sally Jewell --
History is a cause / Gary T. Johnson --
Republicanism renewed / Howard Jones --
Words to music / John William Jones --
Clarity of purpose / Kathleen Kennedy --
Lincoln walking at night / Amanda L. Kilpatrick --
"In God we trust" / Carla Knorowski --
Mystery in the history of the Gettysburg Address / Michelle A. Krowl --
Photo essay / Annie Leibovitz --
Four score and seven Lincolns / David H. Leroy --
A look at a people / Caleb Lewis --
I heard Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg Address / Salvador Litvak --
Fallen heroes / James Lovell --
Freedom: given by God, defended by man / Allen J. Lynch --
Conceived in liberty / Phil W. Magness --
A timeless call to action / Suzanne Malveaux --
Immigration to America / John F. Marszalek --
Lincoln's world and Gettysburg / Robert E. May --
150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address / Matthew H. Mead --
Learning from Lincoln / Michael Medved --
Transition in South Africa / Babalwa Mhlauli --
Democracy persists / Richard Lawrence Miller --
Visions of Lincoln: a century on screen / Nell Minow --
More information, less understanding / Newton N. Minow --
Reply / President Barack H. Obama --
Building on Lincoln's legacy / Douglas R. Oberhelman --
Abraham Lincoln and the vital importance of civic education / Sandra Day O'Connor --
Proud disciples / Maureen Orth --
An unfinished masterpiece / Eboo Patel --
Long shadow of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address / Jared Peatman --
In the throes of democracy / Graham A. Peck --
Lincoln in the world / Kevin Peraino --
Remembering a second birth of freedom / Matthew Pinsker --
Fate and circumstance / Adam Pitluk --
March must continue / Colin L. Powell --
Will of the people / Patrick J. Quinn --
Finishing their work / Grace Richards --
A continuing obligation / J. Joe Ricketts --
272 words of hope / Karen Roth --
Battlefields for equal justice / Nancy Rousseau --
Promise of greater access / Eric Schmidt --
Hubris in 272 words / Thomas F. Schwartz --
10 sentences, 4 clauses / Pete Seeger --
Demand the best / Judith Sheindlin --
A time-sensitive document / Scott Simon --
Unfinished work before us / Brooks D. Simpson --
Attractive vision of a better world / Steven Spielberg --
Genealogy apology / Kevin Stein --
Will of the people / Randall L. Stephenson --
Global meaning of the Gettysburg Address / Louise L. Stevenson --
Turn to Lincoln / Charles B. Strozier --
People like to eat / Evelyn Brandt Thomas with Karl Barnhart --
Lincoln's railroad / Robert W. Turner --
Lincoln seedbed / Neil deGrasse Tyson --
Let's build a civilization based on universal values / Lech Walesa --
Let their lives shine / Scott Walker --
An American keystone / David Walser --
We are the benefactors of change agents / Robin White --
Words that count / Robert S. Willard --
A young girl's advice / Karen B. Winnick.
