| 摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-8页 |
| Table of Contents | 第8-10页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅰ | 第10-15页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| ·STRUCTURE OF THE THESIS | 第13-15页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅱ.LITERATURE REVIEW | 第15-25页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅲ.UNCOLN'S NARRATIVE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS IN HISMAJOR SPEECHES IN THE 185OS | 第25-61页 |
| ·HISTORIC AND POLITICAL BACKGROUND IN 1850s | 第25-28页 |
| ·INFLUENTIAL VIEWS OF THE FOUNDING GENERATIONS CONTRASTING WITH LINCOLN'S | 第28-37页 |
| ·Stephen A.Douglos and his "Popular Sovereignty" | 第29-33页 |
| ·Chief Justice Taney's Analysis of Founding Father's "Original Intent"2 | 第33-37页 |
| ·A SUMMARY OF LINCOLN'S NARRATIVE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 第37-61页 |
| ·The Peoria Speech | 第38-42页 |
| ·The Dred Scott Speech | 第42-45页 |
| ·The House-Divided Speech | 第45-49页 |
| ·The Lincoln-Douglas Debotes | 第49-54页 |
| ·The Cooper Union Speech | 第54-58页 |
| ·Summary | 第58-61页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅳ.LINCOLN'S SELECTIVE READING OF THE FOUNDINGFATHERS | 第61-84页 |
| ·THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | 第62-66页 |
| ·THOMAS JEFFERSON | 第66-70页 |
| ·CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMERS AND THE CONSTITUTION | 第70-75页 |
| ·EXPLAINING LINCOLN'S SELECTIVE READING OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS | 第75-81页 |
| ·THE POWER OF LINCOLN'S SPEECHES AND HIS RISE TO NATIONAL POLITICAL PROMINENCE | 第81-84页 |
| CHAPTER Ⅴ.CONCLUSION | 第84-87页 |
| NOTES | 第87-92页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第92-97页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第97-98页 |
