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Where exactly did Lincoln stand at Gettysburg?
02-22-2023, 08:46 PM
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RE: Where exactly did Lincoln stand at Gettysburg?
I know Lincoln was very self-effacing immediately after the speech. But we do know that he worked long and hard on it and made several changes to it. I do not believe that he could have been unaware of the importance, but more especially, of the quality of the speech. He was too intelligent a speech-giver and too astute to have not known what impact it would have then and for years to come.

That's just my opinion obviously ... and I have to say some of his other speeches appear to me, in 2023 admittedly, as laborious, repetitive, and ... well, boring. I regard, though, the Gettysburg Address as one of the (if not 'the') greatest ever speeches.

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Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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RE: Where exactly did Lincoln stand at Gettysburg? - AussieMick - 02-22-2023 08:46 PM

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