Andrew Olson ENGL 2130 20 Jun. 2013 President Abraham Lincoln’s Thoughts on His “Gettysburg Address” I am the 16th president of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln. I come from humble beginnings and never finished school. My love for reading and learning led me to a career in law. I was able to manage this by “studying independently the law books of the time: Blackstone’s Commentaries‚ Chitty’s Pleadings‚ Greenleaf’s Evidence‚ and Story’s Equity and Equity Pleadings” (Levine 733). My law career
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Daniel Aubertine Dr. Viera 10/11/2011 Final Draft Embarking Patriotic Immortality: Rhetorical Analysis of the Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg address was given on the grounds of a historical battlefield in Gettysburg Pennsylvania during the American Civil War on November 19th‚ 1863 by the late President Abraham Lincoln. The brief‚ powerful speech that he delivered to fifteen to twenty thousand people is regarded as one of the greatest in American history. It is considered the turning
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long-conflicted morality of slavery. Four months after the particularly bloody battle at Gettysburg‚ Lincoln gave a speech that was only ten sentences and 272 words and was recited within three minutes. Despite being so short‚ the message of the speech resonated with the people of the Civil War and still is quoted by people today. Through one of the most important speeches of our history‚ The Gettysburg Address‚ Lincoln commemorates the dead and wounded
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war; it was also to reinforce the fact that there is unfinished work. "It is for us the living rather‚ to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who have fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." (Lincoln "Gettysburg Address") In my opinion the Gettysburg Address is a brief summary of Pericles speech. They both talk about the people who have died and how honorable it was to have done so. The also both start off speaking of those who came before them‚ and how they have inspired present
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people didn’t even listen but what he said was; that the living can honor the wartime dead not with a speech‚ but rather to continuing to fight for the idea’s they gave their lives for. Lincoln’s Gettysburg address was giving during the dedication ceremony for the soldiers that lost their lives in Gettysburg. The civil war was still in place during that time‚ and when Lincoln gave his speech he went back and referred to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America
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English 1 September 3‚ 2014 Analyzing Seminal Texts: The Gettysburg Address and Pericles ’ Funeral Oration: Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address” and Pericles’ “Funeral Oration” are two of the most memorable speeches given throughout history. On November 19‚ 1863‚ Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech amongst the American Civil War as a way to bring honor to those who died during the Battle of Gettysburg. At the end of 431 BC‚ Pericles delivered his famous Funeral Oration‚ to honor the
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Fourscore and Seventy Years Later… One of my favorite examples of written word is President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ and as a bonus feature‚ it underscores several of the qualities of leadership that we are concerned with in this course. In defense of it being exemplary‚ consider that it has stood the test of time over the last 150 years as one of the most famous speeches in our nation’s history. Even today it captivates the heart‚ and can transport us to that battleground so key
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[Date] The Gettysburg Address Introduction Gettysburg Address is one of the important dictations of values that provided much needed direction for the future leadership of the United States. It shaped the societal values and beliefs of the country. This assertion can be affirmed with the speech ’s enduring presence in the US culture. Notwithstanding its noticeable place cut into stone units on the south divider of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ the Gettysburg Address is every now
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why not? Go back and review the Gettysburg Address. What did Lincoln have to say about his words? Was he correct in his own prediction? Why or why not? The Patriot and Union was incorrect in its prediction it was considered crazy and easy to forget. Hiss words war about the civil war and he was right plus they won. 3. Explain the tone of the Richmond Examiner and Providence Journal editorials. Remember that tone is the attitude conveyed by the writing. The tone of the Richmond Examiner was that
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of the SNC‚ Soldiers National Cemetery‚ in Gettysburg Pennsylvania a little while after the battle of Gettysburg. . "It is the desire that‚ after the Oration‚ you‚ as Chief Executive of the nation‚ formally set apart these grounds to their sacred use by a few appropriate remarks.“ (Gettysburg Address). Over the next seventeen days‚ the President penned the Gettysburg Address making several drafts on the White House stationery. Lincoln got in Gettysburg on the eighteenth of November but Lincoln actually
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