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From the information in the paragraph, what can the reader infer about the basis for the current generation's interpretation of
Lincoln
OA The current culture has a sentimental view of the historical figure of Lincoln
OB Lincoln is regarded in the historical context of the time he served as president.
Ос. Lincoln reflects the set of values and principles revered by the current culture.
OD The current culture supports a critical view of the political principles that Lincoln presented.
adapted from Lincoln the Great
by Wilfred W. McClay
In 1928, Stephen Vincent Benet (drawing on the sentimental
popular biography of Lincoln written by Carl Sandburg) described
Lincoln as a "lank man, knotty and tough as a hickory rail."
Whose hands were always too big for white-kid gloves,
Whose wit was a coonskin sack of dry, tall tales,
Whose weathered face was homely as a plowed field
In the 1950s, this country-boy Lincoln had morphed into the wise,
prudent leader who steered the ship of Union between the wild
excesses of abolitionists on the left and proslavery fire-eaters on
the right. In the 1960s, Lincoln was at first thought of as a
civil rights pioneer. Soon, he became criticized, even reviled, as a
racist and a proponent of timid half-measures, a forerunner of the
pragmatic liberalism that was so thoroughly drubbed by the New
Left. Today, Lincoln is revered for his combination of faith and
modesty, a skeptical believer who sought to do God's will without
ever claiming to know it. This view requires one to overlook the
fierce and relentless way he conducted the war that defined his
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transformed
2 advocate one who argues in favor of something
harshly criticized