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Princeton University professor Allen Guelzo is offering a course celebrating President Abraham Lincoln’s legacy in the 2021 fall semester. His class stands in stark contrast to the era of wokeness and cancel culture, in which schools like the University of Wisconsin-Madison have considered removing a statue of Lincoln, which the university’s student government called a “racist remnant” of “white supremacy.”

Princeton will offer a course called, “Abraham Lincoln’s Politics: Concepts, Conflict and Context” this semester, taught by professor Allen Guelzo, a Civil War historian and author who also serves on the board of the Abraham Lincoln Association

“This course explores the political culture that is identified with Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States,” the course description reads. “We will use Lincoln as a means of understanding how the practical necessities of politics in the American democracy were combined with an appeal to democratic political culture, from political philosophy to the b’hoys of Bowery.”…

Students will be required to read from Lincoln’s speeches and writings…as well as participate in classroom discussion, and write a 10-12 page paper about President Lincoln.

In an interview with College Fix, professor Guelzo said he is offering the course because he regards Lincoln “as one of the genuinely admirable characters of our political history,”…

Do you appreciate professor Guelzo’s decision to offer this course? Share your comments and prayers, below!

(Excerpted from Breitbart. Article by Alana Mastrangelo. Photo by UnSplash)

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