The Meaning of the Gettysburg Address

[Gene C]

Northerners had taken the Union for granted and did not realize its value until faced by the threat of its dissolution. In their hearts they contemplated that once the genie of secession was out of the bottle there would be no end to the process and the United States would wind up like the European state system with its eternal conflicts and despotisms.
Tom

Tom's right. Listen to motivatonal speaker Andy Andrews talk about Joshua Chamberlain and the "Butterfly Effect" At the end of his talk he brings up exactly what Tom has mentioned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57I2EECFz...re=related