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What would Abraham Lincoln say to Donald Trump about religion, politics and being a 'Know Nothing'?

  • Written by Donald Nieman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Binghamton University, State University of New York

As the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump could learn a lot from his party’s first president, Abraham Lincoln. He should start with religion and immigration, topics on which he has appealed to fear and bigotry rather than “the better angels of our nature" as Lincoln did.

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