Cover	1
	Half-Title	1
	Title	4
	Copyright	5
	Dedication	6
	Contents	10
	List of Figures	12
	Preface	14
	1 Washington Steps Down: The Farewell Address	25
	2 The Electoral Crisis of 1801: Jefferson’s First Inaugural	51
	3 Healing the Wounds of Civil War: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural	76
	4 The Struggle for Woman Suffrage: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony	100
	5 Saving Postwar Europe (and America): The Marshall Plan Speech	127
	6 The Movement in Crisis: King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail	150
	7 Constitutional Crisis: Ford Assumes the Presidency and Pardons Nixon	181
	8 Fostering Statesmanship in Public Life	205
	Appendices	233
	Appendix A Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address: March 4, 1801	234
	Appendix B Lincoln’s Second Inaugural: March 4, 1865	238
	Appendix C Speech Before the Circuit Court in the Sentencing of Susan B. Anthony: June 19, 1873	240
	Appendix D The Marshall Plan Speech: June 5, 1947	243
	Appendix E Gerald Ford’s Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office: August 9, 1974	247
	Appendix F Ford’s Speech Announcing the Pardon of Richard Nixon: September 8, 1974	250
	Notes	253
	Selected Bibliography	276
	Index	282