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This Day in History November 19,1863 President Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
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Posted on 11/19/2007 2:51:38 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: Red_Devil 232
Lincolns speech may have lasted about 2 min. The speech before his lasted two hours.That was Edward Everett,he sent a message to President Lincoln that day.
I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion, in two hours,as you did in two minutes
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11/19/2007 3:24:34 PM PST
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mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: mdittmar
There is not a politician who would or could be as graceful and say that about rival’s speech today.
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11/19/2007 3:36:03 PM PST
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Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: leenie312
makes me quite proud to know that.Me too.
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11/19/2007 3:53:54 PM PST
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mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: mdittmar
all men are created equal. On Thursday August 14, 1862 President Lincoln gave an audience to a committee of colored men at the White House. This is part of what he had to say: "The aspiration of men is to enjoy equality with the best when free, but on this broad continent not a single man of your race is made the equal of a single man of ours."
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11/19/2007 4:41:14 PM PST
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boothead
To: boothead
Oh C'mon,you can do better than that.
President Lincoln said worse than that in the 1800's.
C'mon,read a little,then see it in context."the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc."
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11/19/2007 4:54:46 PM PST
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mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: BGHater
Note to self:
Do not invite anyone named Robert Todd Lincoln....
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11/19/2007 4:55:00 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right but never in doubt)
To: Non-Sequitur
You may be correct. While generally panned in the media when the Gettysburg Address was delivered I personally think it is the finest speech ever given by a President. Sometimes the greatest sentiments can be expressed in the fewest words.
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11/19/2007 6:22:46 PM PST
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
To: boothead
And of course you can point out some Southern leader who’s views on the races was more enlightened?
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11/19/2007 7:05:36 PM PST
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Non-Sequitur
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To: boothead
On Thursday August 14, 1862 President Lincoln gave an audience to a committee of colored men at the White House. This is part of what he had to say: "The aspiration of men is to enjoy equality with the best when free, but on this broad continent not a single man of your race is made the equal of a single man of ours."Look at the context!!!!! He's talking about the way those of African decent was treated, not their worth bestowed by the Creator.
Lincoln: Perhaps you have long been free, or all your lives. Your race are suffering, in my judgment, the greatest wrong inflicted on any people. But even when you cease to be slaves, you are yet far removed from being placed on an equality with the white race. You are cut off from many of the advantages which the other race enjoy. The aspiration of men is to enjoy equality with the best when free, but on this broad continent, not a single man of your race is made the equal of a single man of ours. Go where you are treated the best, and the ban is still upon you.
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