Examining what arguments Lincoln made in defense of his actions and how his words and deeds fit into the context of the times, Farber illuminates Lincoln's actions by placing them squarely within their historical moment.
His speeches were a reminder of his uncanny ability to empathise, and produce the words, and deeds, to fit a moment of national grief and trauma.
"The Authority's deeds do not fit its words," said Judith Goldiner, a lawyer for the Legal Aid Society.
The Massachusetts Democrat said on Monday: "The decision now to prosecute JPMorgan Chase because of activities undertaken by Bear Stearns before the takeover unfortunately fits the description of allowing no good deed to go unpunished".
On this view, the control condition for moral responsibility would have to fit the capacity to communicate morally through word and deed with members of the moral community.
Both allow you to use your new name as you see fit with no legal process required, but it can be officially done by deed poll, if desired.
In a panicked effort to cover up his deed, he incinerates her body, cutting off her head so that she will fit through the furnace door.
While the deed itself was superficial, it symbolized the letting go of an image I felt I was expected to fit into.
Statements made through public channels are even more remote, and although they might include rhetoric intended to instigate political activity, the closeness of the fit between word and deed is a tenuous proposition at best.
Late on a recent Friday while Congress was in recess, a time fit for hiding dark deeds, the administration sent a letter to state health officials spelling out new hurdles they would have to clear before they could insure children from middle-income families unable to find affordable health coverage.
