Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, 'A New Birth of Freedom' from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkers and writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically, and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Having Lincoln and Emerson's most influential, memorable, and eloquent words along with Obama's much-anticipated historical inaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every American and a keepsake for generations. Includes: Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 2009 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865 Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863 Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841