he is disturbed one night by the sound of men shouting

the ptertha

Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction

it seemed she had to be grateful to him

containing within itself the seeds of self-destruction

The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties Photography he is disturbed one nightIf Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Indeed, Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights has fueled a century of debate, from charges that Democrats were singled out for harassment to Gore Vidal's depiction of Lincoln as an "absolute dictator." Now, in the Pulitzer Prize winning The Fate of Liberty, one of America's leading authorities on Lincoln