p. 283 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

Why is the right of Revolution connected with the Declaration whereas the right of succession is not?

p. 282 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

How was Lincoln in complete agreement with one of his great southern adversaries, Alexander Stephens? And why did this agreement make war unavoidable? And how does John Calhoun prove himself the modern liberal?

p. 281 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

What is Lincoln's 'central idea' speech, and why is it the barometer of all American public opinion at all times?

p. 281 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

After the election of 1800 Jefferson said that every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. Consider the 1st Amendment and the American Enlightenment. In what way can we say that the 1st Amendment reveals a Christian orthodoxy? Why is the 1st Amendment heresy for Islam? Can Muslim orthodoxy tolerate the 1st amendment? (Answers to these questions are in my notes, and not necessarily in Jaffa's text.)

p. 278 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

How did the South conceive of rights? What were they completely dependent upon?

p. 276 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

Lincoln says he would rather live under the despotism of Russia than under the pretense of liberty.

p. 276 A New Birth of Freedom, Jaffa

What was the science argument used by the South to defend slavery? How does Philip Rieff's distinction between science and technology come into play here (Rieff is not mentioned in Jaffa's book.)