Milton, in Paradise Lost, references a “father work” of sorts when he creates his characters and guides the story line. The Aeneid by Virgil is a father text to Paradise Lost. ... Aeneas is the hero of Virgil's poem, and Satan is the enemy of God in Milton's Christian poem.
Lincoln was supporting Wilmot Proviso, which was a failed attempt to ban slavery.
When Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met in a series of seven debates as they ran for Illinois Senate seat, they heatedly debated a critical issue that day, slavery.
Debates raised Lincoln's profile, helping to encourage him to run for president two years later.
However, Douglas will actually win the 1858 Senate election.
In a mercantilist system, a country tries to increase its "exports" and to decrease its "imports," since this means that the country is making more than its spending (at least in theory).
